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

What is InfinityHardware

InfinityHardware is an adware application that targets Apple computers. It can cause problems for your Mac. The InfinityHardware adware can display unwanted ads on your browser so that your cannot block them, redirect your browser to malicious webpages, and it can cause scam sites to pop up on your web-browser.

Even worse, InfinityHardware is able to gather user information about you (your ip address, what is a web-page you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the Internet, which links you are clicking), which can later transfer to third parties.

Thus, the adware is quite dangerous. So, we recommend you remove it from your MAC system sooner. Follow the instructions presented below to remove InfinityHardware from your Apple Mac and get rid of unwanted ads from Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

How does InfinityHardware get on your MAC OS

Usually, adware gets into Apple computers as part of a bundle with free applications, sharing files and other unsafe programs which users downloaded from the Web. The developers of adware pays software developers for distributing adware within their programs. So, optional applications is often included as part of the installer. In order to avoid the setup of any adware: select only Manual, Custom or Advanced installation option and disable all optional apps in which you are unsure.

Threat Summary

Name	InfinityHardware
Type	adware software, PUP (potentially unwanted program), Mac virus, Mac malware
Detection Names	MacOS.Agent-MT, Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Adload, ApplicUnwnt, Osx.Adware.Cimpli, OSX.Trojan.Gen, Adware/Adload!OSX, Adware.MAC.Generic and Program:MacOS/Vigram.A
Distribution	Freeware installers, misleading pop up ads, torrent downloads and fake update tools
Symptoms	Your web browser is redirected to websites you did not want, internet browser pop ups appear and recommend fake Flash updates, there is an unexpected application in the ‘Applications’ section of the Finder, new icons on your desktop, your MAC OS settings are being changed without your request, fast Internet but slow browsing speeds.
Removal	InfinityHardware removal guide

How to remove InfinityHardware from Mac device

Fortunately, it is not hard to get rid of InfinityHardware adware. In the following tutorial, we will provide two solutions to clean your machine of this adware. One is the manual removal way and the other is automatic removal solution. You can select the solution that best fits you. Please follow the removal instructions below to remove InfinityHardware adware right now!

To remove InfinityHardware, execute the following steps:

1. Remove unwanted profiles on Mac device
2. Uninstall InfinityHardware associated software by using the Finder
3. Remove InfinityHardware related files and folders
4. Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes
5. Remove InfinityHardware from Safari, Chrome, Firefox
6. How to stay safe online

Remove unwanted profiles on Mac device

InfinityHardware 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 associated with InfinityHardware.

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

Uninstall InfinityHardware associated software by using the Finder

Some browser hijackers, adware and PUPs can be uninstalled by uninstalling the free software they came with. If this way does not succeed, then looking them up in the list of installed software in the Finder. Use the “Move to Trash” command in order to remove them.

Make sure you have closed all web-browsers and other apps. Next, remove any unknown and suspicious applications from Apple Mac using the Finder.

Open Finder and click “Applications”.

Look around the entire list of programs installed on your MAC OS. Most probably, one of them is the InfinityHardware adware. Choose the dubious program or the program that name is not familiar to you and delete it.

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

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

Remove InfinityHardware related files and folders

Now you need to try to find InfinityHardware 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.

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

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

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

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

Check for InfinityHardware 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 InfinityHardware 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.InfinityHardware.system.plist, com.installapp.system.plist, com.machelper.system.plist and com.search.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 advise using MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. You can download and install MalwareBytes Free to scan for and remove InfinityHardware associated software from your Mac device. When installed and updated, the malicious software remover automatically scans for and removes all security threats present on the MAC.

Download MalwareBytes on your Apple Mac by clicking on the following link.

When the download is finished, close all windows on your MAC. Further, start the saved file. Follow the prompts.

The MalwareBytes Anti Malware will automatically start and you can see its main window as shown on the screen below.

Next, click the “Scan Now” button to search for InfinityHardware . Depending on your MAC OS, the scan may take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. When a malware, adware or potentially unwanted programs are detected, the number of the security threats will change accordingly.

After the scanning is finished, you will be displayed the list of all found threats on your MAC OS. All detected threats will be marked. You can remove them all by simply click the “Quarantine” button.

The MalwareBytes Anti-Malware will remove InfinityHardware adware and move the selected items to the program’s quarantine.

Remove InfinityHardware from Safari, Chrome, Firefox

This step will show you how to delete malicious add-ons. This can get rid of InfinityHardware and fix some surfing issues, especially after adware infection.

Google Chrome	Mozilla Firefox
In the top right corner, click on Chrome’s main menu button, represented by three vertical dots. Select ‘More tools’, then ‘Extensions’. Click ‘Remove’ to uninstall an extension. Click ‘Remove’ in the dialog box. You can also try to remove InfinityHardware adware by reset Google 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 InfinityHardware adware software 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 important to use adblocker software like AdGuard to protect your machine from harmful web-sites. Most security experts says that it’s okay to block advertisements. You should do so just to stay safe! And, of course, the AdGuard can to block misleading and other unwanted web sites.

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. After the downloading process is done, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. After the installation is finished, click “Skip” to close the setup program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will assist you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you launch your MAC, AdGuard will start automatically and stop unwanted ads, block malicious and misleading web-pages.

Finish words

Once you have removed the adware software using this steps, Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari will no longer display any unwanted ads. Unfortunately, if the guide does not help you, then you have caught a new adware, and then the best way – ask for help here.