What is Smart Mac Booster?
Smart Mac Booster is PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application), that may be installed on your Mac computer. The application itself is not quite dangerous for your system, still it may cause a lot of headache. Smart Mac Booster claims to improve your Mac computer’s performance fixing small issues, thus fastening startup time, lowering battery consumption, getting some more free space and so on. However, it will demand payment after scanning your system in order to “help” you with your system’s issues. In most cases these issues are not real, probably there is nothing wrong with your Mac, that’s why recommend you to refuse to buy the full version of this PUA. In this article we’ll explain how to remove Smart Mac Booster.
The only and one purpose of such applications is to earn easy money without doing any good to you. Completely opposite, Smart Mac Booster will freeze your Mac as it will generate pop-up ads, slow down your computer’s performance and display disturbing messages. Don’t trust Smart Mac Booster, its developers just want you to pay them for nothing. That’s why we advise you to remove Smart Mac Booster as soon as possible.
How to remove Smart Mac Booster from your computer?
Download SpyHunter anti-malware program for Mac in order to remove Smart Mac Booster unwanted application automatically. Simple, effective and user-friendly.
You can also use this software, it may help you to remove Smart Mac Booster: CleanMyMac
How to remove Smart Mac Booster manually
Step 1: Remove Smart Mac Booster from Applications
In order to get rid of Smart Mac Booster, first thing you need to do is to uninstall malicious program from your Mac computer. When removing Smart Mac Booster, try to find suspicious recently installed programs and delete them too, as it’s pretty common that any malware comes with some other unwanted programs.
Mac OSX:
- Open Finder.
- Select Applications in the Finder menu.
- Search for Smart Mac Booster or Smart Mac Booster Uninstaller, then choose it and follow instructions.
- Drag malicious application from the Applications folder to the Trash.
Step 2: Remove Smart Mac Booster from browsers
Once you’ve uninstalled the application, remove Smart Mac Booster from your web browser. You need to search for recently-installed suspicious add-ons and extensions.
Safari:
- Open Safari
- Choose Safari menu.
- Select Extensions.
- Search for suspicious and unknown extensions that may be related to Smart Mac Booster.
- Choose Uninstall button to remove it.
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Choose Tools.
- Select Extensions.
- Search for Smart Mac Booster.
- Select the trash can icon to remove it.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Select Smart Mac Booster.
- Choose Disable or Remove option.
Step 3: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings
To be sure that there is nothing left behind, we recommend you to reset your browser. It will restore your browser settings to default.
Reset browser setting in Safari:
- Open Safari.
- Select Safari menu.
- Choose Reset Safari….
- Click Reset button.
Reset browser settings in Google Chrome:
- Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
- Choose Settings.
- Click Show advanced settings.
- Go to Reset browser settings section.
- Click Reset browser settings.
- In the dialog that appears, click Reset.
Reset browser settings in Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Mozilla Firefox.
- Go to Help.
- Go to Troubleshooting information.
- Click Reset Firefox… button.
There are all the manual instructions that will help you to find Smart Mac Booster on your Mac computer and remove it. The most effective method to get rid of Smart Mac Booster is to perform the manual removal instructions and then use Combo Cleaner Antivirus automatic tool. The manual method will weaken the malicious program and the program will remove it. Thank you for your attention.
