How to remove Chumsearch.com (Mac)

What is Chumsearch.com

Chumsearch.com is unwanted search engine for Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers running on Mac. It is installed by browser hijacker along with freeware. This webpage is associated with famous Safe Finder malware and search queries, that user types on Chumsearch.com, are redirected to search.safefinder.com and then to search.yahoo.com. This website overrides search and homepage settings in browsers, and hijacker module does not allow user to revert this settings. This threat can be harmful as it collects private information from users browsers, such as browser history, bookmarked pages, search words and uses this information to generate more targeted ads and banners, using malicious browser extensions. In this tutorial we will explain how to remove Chumsearch.com from Safari and Macintosh using simple instructions.

How Chumsearch.com infected your Mac

Chumsearch.com, as we said, can be installed with free programs and is promoted as search enhancement. If you see that some program you downloaded from the web, offers to install additional software like search engine or shopping add-on, decline such offers or search for another installer. To defend your Mac from potentially unwanted programs we recommend you to use BitDefender for Mac. To remove Chumsearch.com from browsers use our manual guide or Spyhunter for Mac. Alternatively you can use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac.

Download Chumsearch.com Removal Tool for Mac

Download SpyHunter for Mac

To remove Chumsearch.com completely we recommend you to use SpyHunter for Mac. It can help you remove files, folders and registry keys of Chumsearch.com and uninstall hijackers, toolbars and unwanted add-ons from Safari browser.

Remove Chumsearch.com manually for free

Important update: Chumsearch.com hijacker installs malicious Device Profile called AdminPrefs on MacOS, that won’t allow users to make changes to browser search engine and homepage settings. Follow instructions below to remove this profile.

Remove Chumsearch.com profile

1. Go to System Preferences and click on Profiles.
2. In the list of profiles on the left side choose AdminPrefs and click on “-” button to remove it.
3. In your case it can be named differently, in this case remove all visible profiles. Check the picture below to see how it looks like.

Here is manual step-by-step tutorial for full Chumsearch.com removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of Chumsearch.com installer on operating systems with latest updates and browser versions.

Remove Chumsearch.com from Applications

Remove Chumsearch.com from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Chumsearch.com might have an Uninstaller. If you see Uninstall Chum Search or Chum Search Uninstaller, double-click it and follow the onscreen instructions.
3. Otherwise, drag Chumsearch.com from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Chumsearch.com

If you can’t uninstall Chumsearch.com using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Chumsearch.com. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Chumsearch.com from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Chumsearch.com.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove Chumsearch.com add-on from your browsers

Removing Chumsearch.com from Applications often does not bring desired effect. It is browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Chumsearch.com extension from your browsers manually.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Chumsearch.com extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions/.
3. Find Chumsearch.com extension.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Choose Chumsearch.com extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Reset browser settings

To finish Chumsearch.com removal reset your browser settings to make sure, there is no leftover items in browser folders.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Reset Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings/.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Reset Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Refresh Firefox… button.
4. Click Refresh Firefox to confirm.

How to protect Mac OSX from adware like Chumsearch.com

Mac OSX is known to be one of the safest operating systems, and for a long time there was no need in antivirus products for Mac. But with growing popularity of Mac computers and notebooks and evolving technology, viruses, trojans, adware, toolbars, hijackers and other malware paved the way to Mac users. We recommend you to use most advanced antivirus for Mac available – BitDefender Antivirus.