How to uninstall AllianceInstallations app/extension from Mac (Virus removal guide)

What is AllianceInstallations

AllianceInstallations is an adware application that targets Mac computers. Adware’s basic purpose is to display ads. These advertisements are often shown as sponsored links, various offers and deals, push notifications, unclosable windows or even fake alerts. Clicks on the advertisements produce a monetary payoff for the adware creators. Adware software can work like Spyware, since it sends user information such as searches and trends to advertisers.

Even worse, AllianceInstallations can collect your personal data to get profit. It can analyze your browsing, and gain access to your sensitive info and, later, can sell it to third party companies. Thus, there are more than enough reasons to remove the adware from your MAC.

If you want to remove the adware, you will not succeed, because it is very stubborn. Using the following guidance, you surely can get rid of AllianceInstallations completely from your Mac.

How does AllianceInstallations get on your MAC

Adware usually comes bundled with freeware which downloaded from the Internet. Which means that you need to be proactive and carefully read the Terms of use and the License agreement properly. For the most part, adware and potentially unwanted programs will be clearly described, so take the time to carefully read all the information about the software that you downloaded and want to install on your MAC computer.

Threat Summary

Name	AllianceInstallations
Type	adware, potentially unwanted application (PUA), Mac malware, Mac virus
Detection Names	Osx.Adware.Cimpli, OSX.Trojan.Gen, MacOS.Agent-MT, Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Adload, ApplicUnwnt, Adware.MAC.Generic, Program:MacOS/Vigram.A and Adware/Adload!OSX
Distribution	Free software installers, fake software updaters, dubious popup ads and torrent downloads
Symptoms	When you go to a webpage, you’re randomly redirected to another web page that you do not intend to visit, adverts appear in places they shouldn’t be, your MAC system starts automatically installing unwanted software, new toolbars suddenly added on your browser, your browser search engine has replaced without your permission, fast Internet but slow browsing speeds.
Removal	AllianceInstallations removal guide

How to remove AllianceInstallations

Adware is a form of malware that you might have difficulty in uninstalling it from your machine. Happily, you have found the effective AllianceInstallations removal tutorial in this article. Both the manual removal way and the automatic removal method will be provided below and you can just select the one that best for you. If you have any questions or need help then type a comment below. Read this manual carefully, bookmark it or open this page on your smartphone, because you may need to exit your browser or restart your machine.

To remove AllianceInstallations, use the steps below:

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

Remove profiles created by AllianceInstallations

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

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

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

One of the first things to attempt for removal of adware software is to check your Mac installed applications screen and look for unwanted and dubious software. If there are any software you do not recognize or are no longer using, you should uninstall them. If that doesn’t work, then you may need to use malware removal tool such as MalwareBytes Free.

1. Open the Finder.
2. Click “Applications”.
3. It will show a list of all applications installed on the computer.
4. Scroll through the all list, and remove dubious and unknown programs. 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 AllianceInstallations related files and folders

Now you need to try to find AllianceInstallations 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.

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

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

Some files created by AllianceInstallations 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 AllianceInstallations 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, com.google.defaultsearch.plist, , com.AllianceInstallations.service.plist, com.machelper.plist, search.plist, com.net-preferences.plist and installapp.plist. Most often, potentially unwanted programs, adware and browser hijackers create several files with similar names.

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

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

Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes

We suggest using MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) to scan the Mac computer for adware, potentially unwanted programs and browser hijackers. This free tool is an advanced malware removal program created by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular anti malware technology. It’s able to help you remove malware and other security threats from your Mac computer for free.

1. Download MalwareBytes AntiMalware on your Apple Mac from the following link.
   
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware (Mac)
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2. After downloading is complete, please close all applications and open windows on your MAC. Run the downloaded file. Follow the prompts.
3. The MalwareBytes Anti Malware will start and display the main window.
4. Further, click the “Scan” button to begin checking your Apple Mac for the AllianceInstallations . A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your computer. While the MalwareBytes Free is checking, you may see how many objects it has identified either as being malware.
5. When the system scan is complete, MalwareBytes will show you the results.
6. Once you’ve selected what you want to delete from your MAC press the “Remove Selected Items” button.
7. Close the Anti Malware and continue with the next step.

Remove AllianceInstallations from Safari, Chrome, Firefox

If you have ‘AllianceInstallations adware’ removal problem, then remove unwanted add-ons can help you. In the steps below we will show you the way to remove harmful extensions without reinstall. This will also allow to remove AllianceInstallations from your browser.

Google Chrome	Mozilla Firefox
Click on ‘three dots menu’ button at the top right corner of the Chrome window. When the drop-down menu appears, choose ‘More tools’ and click on ‘Extensions’. Click ‘Remove’ to uninstall an extension. Click ‘Remove’ in the dialog box. You can also try to delete AllianceInstallations 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 issues with AllianceInstallations 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

Run an ad-blocker tool such as AdGuard will protect you from harmful advertisements and content. Moreover, you may find that the AdGuard have an option to protect your privacy and stop phishing and spam web-pages. Additionally, adblocker programs will help you to avoid intrusive pop ups and unverified links that also a good way to stay safe online.

Click the following link to download AdGuard.

After downloading is done, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen. Follow the prompts.

Each time, when you start your machine, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop unwanted popup advertisements, block malicious and misleading websites.

To sum up

We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted pop-up advertisements and unwanted harmful web-pages) and MalwareBytes Free (to periodically scan your computer for new adwares and other malicious software).

If you are still having problems while trying to remove AllianceInstallations from Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome, then ask for help here here.