Mac Clean Plus may bother you with a number of pop-up alerts and warnings that do not really exist. Remove this unwanted program by executing the guide as presented on this page.
Furthermore, the rogue optimizer additionally leaves a footprint in the victim’s web browser by redirecting the Internet traffic to fraudulent sites that say the Mac is infected and push a “cleaner” which is a virus in disguise. In summary, Mac Clean Up Pro is not legitimate. It is a fake system utility that does not belong inside your Mac.
Mac Clean Plus is a dubious Mac OS X system optimization and cleanup tool. This is very much similar to various rogue tool for PC but was made to target Macintosh-based users.
This unwanted program is spread through various costless programs that are using collective setup procedure. Normally, Mac Clean Plus and some adware that are bundled to it are installed on the computer without any notification. They were proceeding with the setup and system configuration without user’s consent. In most scenarios, users have no idea how the product gets inside the computer and how it was able to carry out critical changes.
The surprise attack on Mac system by Mac Clean Plus can be misunderstood as virus infection. To make it clear, adware is not as dangerous as computer virus. In particular, Mac Clean Plus is an ad-supported program, which people can use on daily basis. But, you must be aware that it may consume extensive system resources when it starts to flash advertisements right at your browser. Mac Clean Plus is a program with general goal of earning profits by selling itself as a valid tool and operating a paid technical help desk.
If your Macintosh system is suffering from sluggishness due to excessive ads by Mac Clean Plus, then you need to get rid of this adware immediately. Combined software or adware that arrives with it is another thing that you must take out from Mac computer.
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Mac Clean Plus Removal Procedures
Below are several steps that you should carry out to delete Mac Clean Plus unwanted program from Mac computer.
We highly recommend executing both manual removal and thorough scanning of the system using the provided tool.
Fast and Easy Removal with Combo Cleaner
To quickly find and delete rogue programs from Mac system, we highly recommend scanning the computer with Combo Cleaner. This comprehensive and complete tool for Mac is equipped with an advanced virus, malware, and adware scan engines.
1Download Combo Cleaner from the link below.
2Double-click on the file to install the program. As show in the image below, drag the Combo Cleaner.app to Applications folder.
3 Open Launchpad and click on the Combo Cleaner icon to run the tool.
4Click on Start Combo Scan button to begin checking the computer for malicious objects.
Free virus scanner of Combo Cleaner checks and detects various kinds of threats. To remove them from the infected computer, you will have to purchase the full version of Combo Cleaner.
Manual Removal and Additional Scan
Close Mac Clean Plus Application
1 Close Mac Clean Plus opened window or running application.
2 On your keyboard, press Command + Option + Esc to open Force Quit Applications window. Alternatively, you can go to Finder > Go > Utilities > Activity Monitor.
3 Select Mac Clean Plus from the list of running processes and click on Force Quit button.
Delete Mac Clean Plus Login Items
4 Go to Apple menu and choose System Preferences from the drop-down list.
5 Open Users and Groups and click on Login Items button to show the list of applications that launches automatically.
6 Please select Mac Clean Plus and click on minus button (-) at the bottom of the window to remove this unwanted item.
Manually delete Mac Clean Plus items
7 Navigate the Apple Finder and click on 'Go'. Then, select 'Go to Folder'. Alternatively, use keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + G.
8 Copy and paste, or type the following line in the field and press Enter on your keyboard:
/Library/LaunchAgents
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9 LaunchAgents folder should open at this point. Look for items with the following names or similar entry:
- com.MacCleanPlus.agent.plist
- com.MCP.agent.plist
- com.MCP.mcphlpr
10 Move each file to the Trash. This action may require administrator privilege. If you are not logged in as administrator, you need to provide required password.
11 Using the same 'Go to Folder' procedures, open this location:
~/Library/LaunchAgents
12 Look for the same files and folders and move it to Trash.
13 Next, we need to look at Application Support folder. Using the same method as above. Go to this location:
~/Library/Application Support
14 Locate the following items and move it to Trash:
- MacCleanPlus
- helpermcp
- hlprmcp
- hlprmaccleanplus
15 Go back to Apple Menu, click Go, and then select Applications from the drop-down list.
16Delete the following folders just in case they do exist.
- MacCleanPlus
- helpermcp
- hlprmcp
- hlprmaccleanplus
Scan with MBAM to check for Mac Clean Plus remaining objects
17Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac from the link below.
18 Drag the downloaded file MBAM-Mac-[version].dmg to Applications folder.
19 Under Applications folder, right-click on Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and select 'Open' from the given choices.
20 After opening the tool, click on the 'Scan' button to start checking the computer for presence of Mac Clean Plus and other malware.
21 When scanning is done, the tool will display all identified threats. Be sure to select malicious items.
22 Click on 'Remove Selected Items' to delete the threats.
We hope that the procedures and removal tool on this page was able to help you in removing Mac Clean Plus. Your computer should now be malware free.
Audio Transcript
If you’ve got a lot of files and folders on your Mac, you want to clean up every once in a while to stay organized and make it easier to find specific items.
- First, locate any files or folders that you want to delete. You just click to highlight file and drag it into the handy trash can at the dock at the bottom of the screen. If you change your mind or make a mistake, you can type Command + Z at the same time to undo the last action. Select the file you’d like to get rid of and to drag it down into the trash.
- Now before you empty all the items in the trash permanently, it’s always smart to take a look at the contents of the trash bin and make sure you didn’t accidentally toss in something important. Just double click on the trash icon at the dock to open the finder window that shows the contents. If there’s something in there that you don’t want to delete, you can click on it and drag it back to a safe location. Otherwise, to empty the trash, press the Command + shift + delete at the same time or you can go up to the finder option, in the top navigation and select empty trash.
- Now you can only empty the trash when the focus in on the finder. If you’re at another application and you try to use command + shift + delete, it won’t work. You’ll get quick confirmation warning to keep you from doing something. Maybe your cat walked across the keyboard and hit Command + shift + delete. If you’re sure it’s safe to get rid of the files for good, click ok and everything in the trash will be permanently deleted.
- If you don’t want to confirm “yes” every single time you delete files from the trash, just go back to the finder menu and select preferences. Then in the preferences window, choose advanced and uncheck the box to show warning before emptying the trash. Now you won’t get that prompt any more when you empty the trash bin.
And that’s how you take out the trash in Mac OS X Leopard. If only cleaning your house were this easy.