How to remove ConfigProgress app/extension from Mac (Virus removal guide)

What is ConfigProgress

According to security researchers, ConfigProgress is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that belongs to the Adware group. Adware is form of malicious software which presents unwanted ads on a MAC, redirects search requests to advertising web pages and gathers user information for marketing purposes. The ConfigProgress adware can show banner ads, full-screen advertisements, pop-ups, videos, or other varieties of online advertising. Maybe you approve the idea that the ads or popups is just a small problem. But these annoying ads eat MAC system resources and slow down your computer performance. ConfigProgress can attack your MAC system’s browsers such as the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.

Does adware steal your privacy data? The ConfigProgress adware can monetize its functionality by collecting user data from your browsing sessions. This user data, later, can be easily sold to third party companies. This puts your confidential data at a security risk. If you are unfortunate have adware, you can follow the steps below that will help you to get rid of ConfigProgress and thereby delete unwanted ads from your web-browser.

How does ConfigProgress get on your MAC system

The most common way to get adware is a freeware setup file. In most cases, a user have a chance to disable all additional modules, but some installers are created to confuse the average users, in order to trick them into installing PUPs and adware. Anyway, easier to prevent adware software rather than clean up your computer after one. So, keep your web-browser updated (turn on automatic updates), run good antivirus apps, double check free programs before you start it (do a google search, scan a downloaded file with VirusTotal), avoid misleading and unknown web-pages.

Threat Summary

Name	ConfigProgress, ConfigProgress 1.0 app
Type	adware software, potentially unwanted program (PUP), Mac malware, Mac virus
Detection Names	Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Adload, Osx.Adware.Cimpli, Adware.MAC.Generic, Adware/Adload!OSX, OSX.Trojan.Gen, Program:MacOS/Vigram.A, ApplicUnwnt and MacOS.Agent-MT
Distribution	Freeware installers, fake software updaters, torrent downloads and shady popup ads
Symptoms	You keep getting redirected to unfamiliar web-pages, web browser pop ups appear and recommend fake Jave updates, there is an unwanted application in the ‘Applications’ section of the Finder, an unexpected extension appears in your browser, unexpected changes in your web-browser such as using a new default search engine, slow Internet browsing speeds.
Removal	ConfigProgress removal guide

How to remove ConfigProgress from Mac computer

Without a doubt, the adware is harmful to your Apple Mac. So you need to quickly and completely remove ConfigProgress. To delete this adware software, you may use the manual removal tutorial which are given below or free malware removal tool such as MalwareBytes (it is free). We recommend you use automatic removal way that will allow you to get rid of ConfigProgress adware easily and safely. Manual removal is best used only if you’re well versed in MAC or in the case where adware is not deleted automatically. Certain of the steps below will require you to exit this web site. So, please read the tutorial carefully, after that bookmark it or open it on your smartphone for later reference.

To remove ConfigProgress, execute the following steps:

1. Remove profiles created by ConfigProgress
2. Check the list of installed applications
3. Remove ConfigProgress related files and folders
4. Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes
5. Remove ConfigProgress from Safari, Chrome, Firefox
6. How to stay safe online
7. To sum up

Remove profiles created by ConfigProgress

ConfigProgress can make changes to the Mac system such as malicious changes to browser settings, and the addition of malicious system profiles. You need to check the system preferences, find and remove malicious profiles and ensure your settings are as you expect.

Click the System Preferences icon ( ) in the Dock, or choose Apple menu ( ) > System Preferences.

In System Preferences, click Profiles, then select a profile related to ConfigProgress.

Click the minus button ( – ) located at the bottom-left of the Profiles screen to remove the profile.
Note: if you do not see Profiles in the System Preferences, that means there are no profiles installed on your Mac device, which is normal.

Check the list of installed applications

The next step in uninstalling PUPs, adware and browser hijackers by yourself is to go into the Finder, then Applications. Take a look at the list of applications on your Mac and see if there are any questionable and unknown applications. If you see any, you need to remove it. Of course, before doing so, you can do an Net search to find details on the program. If it is a PUP, browser hijacker and adware, you will likely find information that says so.

Make sure you have closed all web-browsers and other applications. Next, delete any unknown and suspicious applications from machine using the Finder.

Open Finder and click “Applications”.

Look around the entire list of programs installed on your MAC system. Most likely, one of them is the ConfigProgress adware. Choose the dubious program or the program that name is not familiar to you and uninstall it.

Drag the dubious program from the Applications folder to the Trash.

Most important, don’t forget, choose Finder -> Empty Trash.

Remove ConfigProgress related files and folders

Now you need to try to find ConfigProgress 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.

ConfigProgress creates several files, these files must be found and removed. Below is a list of files associated with this unwanted program.

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

Some files created by ConfigProgress 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 ConfigProgress 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: installapp.plist, macsearch.plist, com.machelper.plist, com.net-preferences.plist, search.plist, com.google.defaultsearch.plist, and com.ConfigProgress.service.plist. Most often, browser hijackers, PUPs and adware create several files with similar names.

Check for ConfigProgress 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.ConfigProgress.system, then this folder must be deleted. Move all suspicious folders and files to the Trash.

Check for ConfigProgress 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 ConfigProgress 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.machelper.system.plist, com.installapp.system.plist, com.ConfigProgress.system.plist, com.macsearch.system.plist and com.search.system.plist. In most cases, potentially unwanted programs, browser hijackers and adware software create several files with similar names.

Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes

We suggest using MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM). You can download and install MalwareBytes to find and delete ConfigProgress associated applications from your Mac. When installed and updated, the malicious software remover automatically searches for and removes all security threats exist on the MAC OS.

Installing the MalwareBytes Free is simple. First you will need to download MalwareBytes Free by clicking on the following link.

Once downloading is complete, close all windows on your Apple Mac. Further, start the saved file. Follow the prompts.

The MalwareBytes Anti Malware will automatically start and you may see its main window as displayed on the image below.

Next, click the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the ConfigProgress adware. This task may take some time, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes tool is checking, you can see how many objects it has identified as being infected by malicious software.

Once MalwareBytes has completed scanning, a list of all items detected is created. Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and press the “Quarantine” button.

The MalwareBytes Free will remove ConfigProgress .

Remove ConfigProgress from Safari, Chrome, Firefox

If you have ‘ConfigProgress adware’ removal problem, then remove unwanted extensions can help you. In the steps below we will show you the method to get rid of malicious addons without reinstall. This will also allow to delete ConfigProgress adware from your web-browser.

Google Chrome	Mozilla Firefox
Click on ‘three dots menu’ button at the top right corner of the Google Chrome window. In the menu go to ‘More tools’, then ‘Extensions’. Click ‘Remove’ to uninstall an extension. Click ‘Remove’ in the dialog box. You can also try to get rid of ConfigProgress adware 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 ConfigProgress adware removal, you need to reset Mozilla 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

In order to increase your security and protect your MAC system against new unwanted advertisements and malicious web pages, you need to run adblocker program that blocks an access to malicious ads and web pages. Moreover, the application may stop the display of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

1. AdGuard can be downloaded from the following link.
   
   

   AdGuard for Mac download
   3677 downloads
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: January 17, 2018
   
2. Once the downloading process is done, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. Once the installation is complete, click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you don’t need to change anything. Each time, when you run your MAC system, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop intrusive ads, block harmful and misleading web pages.

To sum up

Now your MAC should be clean of the ConfigProgress adware. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted pop up ads and intrusive harmful webpages) and MalwareBytes Free (to periodically scan your MAC OS for new malware, browser hijackers and adware). 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 applications and adware are released.

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