What Is LeadingModuleSearch?
This is a virus for Mac, which is advertised as a useful program that will improve your search on the Internet. Viruses of this type always position themselves as a secure application in order to isolate users from suspicion. While users are in a relaxed state, LeadingModuleSearch will obsessively display ads regardless of whether you want it or not. Ads will be displayed everywhere to force users to click on ads because clicks are profitable for developers, and users get infections in their system. Typically, these ads are for adult sites, online games, fake updates. Many people think that MACs are not infected, but if there are such signs, be sure that your Mac is attacked by a virus:
- Appearance of persistent ads.
- Changing the home page of your browser without your permission.
- Incorrect display of familiar pages.
- Redirects to left sites.
- Noticeable decrease in system performance.
The only way out is to remove LeadingModuleSearch from your computer.
How to Remove LeadingModuleSearch
- Remove LeadingModuleSearch Automatically
- Delete Rogue Applications
- Remove LeadingModuleSearch From Browsers
- How to Protect Your PC From LeadingModuleSearch and Other Adware
Remove LeadingModuleSearch Automatically
To quickly remove LeadingModuleSearch from your Mac OS you may run a scan with Norton; it is a great antivirus that may be able to remove LeadingModuleSearchfrom your Mac.
Other apps that might be able to remove LeadingModuleSearch from Mac :
CleanMyMac.
Go to Applications folder and delete LeadingModuleSearch and other new and suspicious aps.
- On the top menu select Go => Applications.
- Drag an unwanted application to the Trash bin.
- Right-click on the Trash and select Empty Trash.
Remove LeadingModuleSearch from browsers:
Remove LeadingModuleSearch and another suspicious extensions, then change browsers’ homepage, new tab page, start page and default search engine.
Remove LeadingModuleSearch from Safari:
- On the top menu select Safari => Preferences.
- Select Extensions tab.
- Select an extension you want to delete and click Uninstall button next to it.
Remove LeadingModuleSearch from Google Chrome:
- Click on three dots menu button .
- Select More tools => Extensions.
- Find an extension you want to delete and click REMOVE under it.
- Click Remove in the dialog box.
Remove LeadingModuleSearch from Mozilla Firefox:
- Click on menu button and select Add-ons.
- Go to Extensions tab.
- To uninstall an add-on, click on Remove button next to it.
How to Protect Your Mac From LeadingModuleSearch and Other Adware:
- Get a powerful anti-malware software, capable of detecting and eliminating PUPs. Having several on-demand scanners would be a good idea too.
- Keep your OS, browsers and security software up to date. Malware creators find new browser and OS vulnerabilities to exploit all the time. Software writers, in turn, release patches and updates to get rid of the known vulnerabilities and lesser the chance of malware penetration. Antivirus program’s signature databases get updated every day and even more often to include new virus signatures.
- Download and use uBlock Origin, Adblock, Adblock Plus or one of the similar trustworthy extensions for blocking third-party advertisements on web-sites.
- Don’t download software from unverified web-sites. You can easily download a trojan (malware that pretends to be a useful application); or some unwanted programs could get installed along with the app.
- When installing freeware or shareware, be sensible and don’t rush through the process. Choose Custom or Advanced installation mode, look for checkboxes that ask for your permission to install third-party apps and uncheck them, read End User License Agreement to make sure nothing else is going to get installed. You can make exceptions for the aps you know and trust, of course. If declining from installing unwanted programs is not possible, we advise you to cancel the installation completely.