How to uninstall Standard Support Boost from Mac (Virus removal guide)

What is Standard Support Boost

Standard Support Boost is a malicious application that belongs to the Adware category. Adware is a form of malicious software. It have different ways of earning by showing the advertisements forcibly to its victims. Standard Support Boost can generate pop-up windows, display unsolicited advertisements, alter the victim’s web-browser settings, or redirect the victim’s web-browser to scam websites. Aside from causing unwanted ads and internet browser redirects, it also can slow down the machine.

Does adware software steal your privacy information? Adware can have spyware and keyloggers built into itself leading to greater damage to your computer and possible invasion of your confidential data.

If you are unfortunate have adware, you can follow the step-by-step guide below that will assist you to get rid of Standard Support Boost and thus remove unwanted advertisements from your browser.

How does Standard Support Boost get on your MAC OS

Adware usually comes bundled with free software. So, when you installing freeware, carefully read the disclaimers, choose the Custom or Advanced setup type to watch for additional apps that are being installed, because some of the software are PUPs and adware.

Threat Summary

Name	Standard Support Boost
Type	adware software, PUP (potentially unwanted program), Mac malware, Mac virus
Detection Names	OSX.Trojan.Gen, Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Adload, ApplicUnwnt, Adware.MAC.Generic, Adware/Adload!OSX, Osx.Adware.Cimpli, MacOS.Agent-MT and Program:MacOS/Vigram.A
Distribution	Free software installers, torrent downloads, shady pop-up advertisements and fake updaters
Symptoms	When you go to a website, you are occasionally redirected to another web page that you do not intend to visit, unwanted advertising links appear on webpages that you are visiting, there is an unwanted program in the ‘Applications’ section of the Finder, unwanted web-browser toolbars, your web browser settings are being changed without your request, fast Internet but slow browsing speeds.
Removal	Standard Support Boost removal guide

How to remove Standard Support Boost adware software

Without a doubt, the adware is harmful to your machine. So you need to quickly and completely remove Standard Support Boost . To remove this adware software, you may use the manual removal guidance that are given below or free malicious software removal tool such as MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) (it is free). We suggest you use automatic removal method that will allow you to remove Standard Support Boost adware easily and safely. Manual removal is best used only if you are well versed in MAC or in the case where adware is not deleted automatically. Some of the steps below will require you to close this website. So, please read the few simple steps carefully, after that bookmark it or open it on your smartphone for later reference.

To remove Standard Support Boost, use the following steps:

1. Remove unwanted profiles on Mac device
2. Check the list of installed software
3. Remove Standard Support Boost related files and folders
4. Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes
5. Remove Standard Support Boost from Safari, Chrome, Firefox
6. How to stay safe online

Remove unwanted profiles on Mac device

Standard Support Boost can install a configuration profile on the Mac system to block changes made to the browser settings. Therefore, you need to open system preferences, find and delete the profile installed by the adware.

Click Apple menu ( ) > System Preferences.

In System Preferences, select Profiles. if there is no Profiles in the list of preferences, that means there are no profiles installed on the Mac. If there is Profiles in the list, then click on it, then select a profile related to Standard Support Boost.

To delete a malicious profile, click on the minus button ( – ) located at the bottom-left of the Profiles screen.

Check the list of installed software

In order to delete Standard Support Boost you need to do is to uninstall unknown and questionable applications from your MAC using the Finder. When deleting adware, browser hijackers and potentially unwanted programs, check the list of installed applications and try to find dubious programs and remove them all. Pay special attention to recently installed apps, as it’s most likely that Standard Support Boost сame along with it.

Open Finder and click “Applications”.

Carefully browse through the list of installed programs and remove all suspicious and unknown applications.

Once you have found anything dubious that may be the Standard Support Boost adware software or other potentially unwanted program, then right click this program and choose “Move to Trash”. Once complete, Empty Trash.

Remove Standard Support Boost related files and folders

Now you need to try to find Standard Support Boost related files and folders, and then delete them manually. You need to look for these files in certain directories. To quickly open them, we recommend using the “Go to Folder…” command.

Standard Support Boost creates several files, these files must be found and removed. Below is a list of files associated with this unwanted application.

• /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.Standard Support Boost.system.plist
• ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.Standard Support Boost.service.plist
• /Library/Application Support/.(RANDOM)/System/com.Standard Support Boost.system
• ~/Library/Application Support/.(RANDOM)/Services/com.Standard Support Boost.service.app

Some files created by Standard Support Boost are hidden from the user. To find and delete them, you need to enable “show hidden files”. To do this, use the shortcut CMD + SHIFT + . Press once to show hidden files and again to hide them. There is another way. Click Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal. In Terminal, paste the following text: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

Press Enter. Hold the ‘Option/alt’ key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch.

Click on the Finder icon. From the menu bar, select Go and click “Go to Folder…”. As a result, a small window opens that allows you to quickly open a specific directory.

Check for Standard Support Boost generated files in the /Library/LaunchAgents folder

In the “Go to Folder…” window, type the following text and press Go:
/Library/LaunchAgents

This will open the contents of the “/Library/LaunchAgents” folder. Look carefully at it and pay special attention to recently created files, as well as files that have a suspicious name. Move all suspicious files to the Trash. A few examples of files: macsearch.plist, installapp.plist, com.Standard Support Boost.service.plist, com.net-preferences.plist, com.machelper.plist, com.google.defaultsearch.plist, and search.plist. Most often, potentially unwanted programs, adware software and browser hijackers create several files with similar names.

Check for Standard Support Boost generated files in the /Library/Application Support folder

In the “Go to Folder…” window, type the following text and press Go:
/Library/Application Support

This will open the contents of the “Application Support” folder. Look carefully at its contents, pay special attention to recently added/changed folders and files. Check the contents of suspicious folders, if there is a file with a name similar to com.Standard Support Boost.system, then this folder must be deleted. Move all suspicious folders and files to the Trash.

Check for Standard Support Boost generated files in the “~/Library/LaunchAgents” folder

In the “Go to Folder…” window, type the following text and press Go:
~/Library/LaunchAgents

Proceed in the same way as with the “/Library/LaunchAgents” and “/Library/Application Support” folders. Look for suspicious and recently added files. Move all suspicious files to the Trash.

Check for Standard Support Boost generated files in the /Library/LaunchDaemons folder

In the “Go to Folder…” window, type the following text and press Go:
/Library/LaunchDaemons

Carefully browse the entire list of files and pay special attention to recently created files, as well as files that have a suspicious name. Move all suspicious files to the Trash. A few examples of files to be deleted: com.macsearch.system.plist, com.Standard Support Boost.system.plist, com.installapp.system.plist, com.search.system.plist and com.machelper.system.plist. In most cases, adware software, browser hijackers and PUPs create several files with similar names.

Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes

If you’re still having issues with the Standard Support Boost removal or just wish to check your Mac computer occasionally for adware and other malicious software, then download MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM). It’s free for home use, and detects and removes various unwanted programs that attacks your machine or degrades Apple Mac performance. MalwareBytes Free can get rid of browser hijackers, toolbars, adware and potentially unwanted programs as well as malware, including ransomware and trojans.

1. MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) can be downloaded from the following link.
   
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware (Mac)
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   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: September 10, 2020
   
2. After downloading is finished, please close all software and open windows on your MAC. Run the downloaded file. Follow the prompts.
3. The MalwareBytes will open and show the main window.
4. Further, click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the Standard Support Boost . This procedure can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes Free application is checking, you can see number of objects it has identified as threat.
5. After finished, MalwareBytes Free will show a list of found threats.
6. Next, you need to click the “Remove Selected Items” button.
7. Close the AntiMalware and continue with the next step.

Remove Standard Support Boost from Safari, Chrome, Firefox

Annoying Standard Support Boost adware or other symptoms of adware in your web-browser is a good reason to find and delete malicious extensions. This is an easy method to restore browsers settings and not lose any important information.

Google Chrome	Mozilla Firefox
In the top-right corner, expand the Chrome menu. When the drop-down menu appears, select ‘More tools’ and click on ‘Extensions’. Click ‘Remove’ to uninstall an extension. Click ‘Remove’ in the dialog box. You can also try to get rid of Standard Support Boost adware software by reset Chrome settings.	Click on ‘menu’ button and select ‘Add-ons’. Go to ‘Extensions’ tab. To uninstall an add-on, click on ‘Remove’ button next to it. If you are still experiencing problems with Standard Support Boost adware removal, you need to reset Firefox browser.
Safari
On the top menu select ‘Safari’, then ‘Preferences’. Select ‘Extensions’ tab. Select an extension you want to delete and click ‘Uninstall’ button next to it.

How to stay safe online

It is also critical to protect your web-browsers from malicious web-pages and advertisements by using an adblocker program such as AdGuard. Security experts says that it’ll greatly reduce the risk of malicious software, and potentially save lots of money. Additionally, the AdGuard can also protect your privacy by blocking almost all trackers.

AdGuard can be downloaded from the following link.

After the download is complete, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen. Follow the prompts.

Each time, when you start your MAC, AdGuard will start automatically and stop unwanted popup ads, block harmful and misleading web-sites.

Finish words

Once you’ve done the steps shown above, your MAC OS should be clean from Standard Support Boost adware and other malicious software. The Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox will no longer display any unwanted ads. Unfortunately, if the step-by-step instructions does not help you, then you have caught a new adware, and then the best way – ask for help here.