How to uninstall DefaultProgress app/extension from Mac – Removal guide

What is DefaultProgress

According to security professionals, DefaultProgress is a PUP (potentially unwanted program) that falls under the category of Adware . Adware installed without the user’s conscious permission is a type of malicious software. Once adware get installed in your computer then it start displaying unwanted advertisements and pop ups. In some cases, adware can promote p*rn web-pages and adult products.

Even worse, adware has the ability to gather lots of your personal data such as what web-pages you are opening, what you are looking for the World Wide Web and so on. This user info, later, may be transferred third party companies.

If your Apple Mac has been infected by the adware, you must have done any of the steps below. Once you’ve removed DefaultProgress from your MAC system by following our suggestions below, make sure not to commit the same mistakes again in the future.

How does DefaultProgress get on your machine

Adware usually spreads as a part of free software and installs itself, with or without your knowledge, on your MAC OS. This happens especially when you’re installing a free programs. The application setup file tricks you into accepting the installation of bundled programs, that you don’t really want. Moreover, some paid programs can also install third-party programs that you don’t want! Therefore, always download free software and paid applications from reputable download web sites. Use ONLY custom or manual install method and never blindly click Next button.

Threat Summary

Name	DefaultProgress, Default Progress 1.0 app
Type	adware, PUP (potentially unwanted program), pop up virus, popup ads, pop-ups
Symptoms	pop ups and new tab pages are loaded without your request every time you perform an Internet search, your web-browser is redirected to another website new toolbars suddenly added on your browser unwanted changes in your web browser such as displaying new tabs you didn’t open speed test good but internet slow CPU usage seems unusually high
Removal	DefaultProgress removal guide

How to Remove DefaultProgress adware software

Without a doubt, the adware software is harmful to your MAC. So you need to quickly and completely delete the DefaultProgress adware. To remove this adware, you may use the manual removal instructions that are given below or free malicious software removal tool like MalwareBytes (it is free). We suggest you use automatic removal solution which will allow you to get rid of DefaultProgress ads easily and safely. Manual removal is best used only if you’re well versed in MAC or in the case where adware software is not removed automatically. Some of the steps will require you to reboot your MAC or shut down this website. So, read this guidance carefully, then bookmark this page or open it on your smartphone for later reference.

To remove DefaultProgress, use the following steps:

1. Manual DefaultProgress adware software removal
   • Uninstall adware through the Finder
   • Remove DefaultProgress from Chrome
   • Remove DefaultProgress adware from Safari
   • Delete DefaultProgress from Firefox
2. Automatic Removal of DefaultProgress
   • Automatically remove DefaultProgress adware software with MalwareBytes Free
3. How to stay safe online
4. To sum up

Manual DefaultProgress adware software removal

This part of the blog post is a step-by-step guidance that will help you to remove DefaultProgress adware manually. You just need to follow every step. In this case, you do not need to install any additional software.

Uninstall adware through the Finder

First, go to the Finder and uninstall dubious applications, all programs you do not remember installing. It is important to pay the most attention to applications you installed just before DefaultProgress ads appeared on your browser. If you do not know what a program does, look for the answer on the Internet.

1. Open the Finder.
2. Click “Applications”.
3. It will display a list of all programs installed on the computer.
4. Scroll through the all list, and remove suspicious and unknown apps. Pay maximum attention to the program you installed last.
5. Drag the dubious program from the Applications folder to the Trash.
6. Empty Trash.

Remove DefaultProgress from Chrome

If adware, other program or plugins changed your Chrome settings without your knowledge, then you can delete DefaultProgress ads and revert back your browser settings in Chrome at any time. Your saved bookmarks, form auto-fill information and passwords won’t be cleared or changed.

Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal dotes (). It will show the drop-down menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.

Carefully browse through the list of installed extensions. If the list has the plugin labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following steps: Remove Google Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy otherwise, just go to the step below.

Open the Google Chrome main menu again, click to “Settings” option.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Advanced” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, similar to the one below and press the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.

Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.

Remove DefaultProgress adware from Safari

If you find that Safari web-browser settings like search engine, new tab and homepage having been replaced by DefaultProgress adware, then you may return your settings, via the reset internet browser procedure.

Click Safari menu and choose “Preferences”.

It will open the Safari Preferences window. Next, click the “Extensions” tab. Look for unknown and suspicious extensions on left panel, choose it, then press the “Uninstall” button. Most important to delete all unknown extensions from Safari.

Once complete, click “General” tab. Change the “Default Search Engine” to Google.

Find the “Homepage” and type into textfield “https://www.google.com”.

Delete DefaultProgress from Firefox

If the Mozilla Firefox browser is hijacked by DefaultProgress and you want to recover the Mozilla Firefox settings back to their original settings, then you should follow the guide below. However, your themes, bookmarks, history, passwords, and web form auto-fill information will not be deleted.

First, open the Mozilla Firefox. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will show the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button ().

In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page press on “Refresh Firefox” button as displayed in the figure below.

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

Automatic Removal of DefaultProgress

If your machine is still infected with DefaultProgress adware, then the best way of detection and removal is to run an antimalware scan on the computer. Download free malware removal utilities below and launch a full system scan. It will help you remove all components of the adware from hardisk and Windows registry.

Automatically remove DefaultProgress adware software with MalwareBytes Free

You can remove DefaultProgress adware automatically with a help of MalwareBytes Free. We recommend this free malicious software removal utility because it can easily delete browser hijacker, adware, potentially unwanted programs and toolbars with all their components such as files, folders and registry entries.

Visit the following page to download the latest version of MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for Apple Mac.

After downloading is finished, close all windows on your Apple Mac. Further, launch the saved file. Follow the prompts.

The MalwareBytes Free will automatically start and you can see its main window as shown on the image below.

Next, press the “Scan Now” button to detect the DefaultProgress adware software. When a malicious software, adware or PUPs are detected, the number of the security threats will change accordingly.

As the scanning ends, a list of all threats found is created. All detected items will be marked. You can delete them all by simply click “Remove Selected Items” button.

The MalwareBytes Free will delete DefaultProgress adware.

How to stay safe online

If you browse the Internet, you can’t avoid malvertising. But you can protect your web browser against it. Download and use an ad-blocker application. AdGuard is an ad-blocking that can filter out a large count of of the malvertising, stoping dynamic scripts from loading malicious content.

Download AdGuard from the following link.

Once the downloading process is done, run the downloaded file. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick guidance. Press “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick guidance that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you run your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and stop intrusive pop-up advertisements, block harmful and misleading web sites.

To sum up

Now your MAC should be clean of the DefaultProgress adware. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted popup ads and annoying malicious web-pages) and MalwareBytes Anti Malware (to periodically scan your MAC OS for new malicious software, browser hijackers and adware software). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Mac OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new browser hijackers, harmful programs and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove DefaultProgress ads from your web browser, then ask for help here.