WebFunctionSearch - How to remove

WebFunctionSearch is a malicious app that changes your browser’s search behavior, manipulates your internet traffic, may download more malware, and logs your browsing activities. It spreads with fake Flash Player updates and installs together with other junkware. It’s quite a persistent app that can be difficult to remove.

About WebFunctionSearch:

Type of threat	Adware, trojan, browser hijacker.
How to remove WebFunctionSearch	Uninstall WebFunctionSearch, its browser extension, and remove malicious apps and files with an anti-malware app (Combo Cleaner and others), manually delete malicious files, reset passwords.
Dangers of WebFunctionSearch	Private information may be exposed to malicious actors, your browser may be manipulated by WebFunctionSearch to show more ads or to redirect you to unwanted search websites.
How adware gets downloaded	Appears as an ad on shady websites, misleads about what is actually being installed.

How to remove WebFunctionSearch

Delete WebFunctionSearch

As WebFunctionSearch may not be the only malicious app on your computer, you can use an anti-malware app (Combo Cleaner or whatever app you’re comfortable using) to check your device.

To find and delete WebFunctionSearch specifically, it would be helpful to begin by going into safe mode (Apple.com). WebFunctionSearch can be very persistent, but safe mode doesn’t allow it to run and can make removal easier.

There might be these files on your Mac:

• ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.WebFunctionSearch.plist
• ~/Library/Application Support/com.WebFunctionSearch/WebFunctionSearch
• /Library/Application Support/com.WebFunctionSearchDaemon/WebFunctionSearch
• /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.WebFunctionSearchDaemon.plist

You can find them by using Finder. In Finder’s menu, press Go, then Go to Folder. Type in the folder’s name (like Library/LaunchDaemons) and Go.

Alternatively, in the Go menu, choose Computer. Then type WebFunctionSearch in the search field and search.

Check all of your browsers for the WebFunctionSearch extension. Remove it if you find it.

Delete the files that have “WebFunctionSearch” in their names. Delete other suspicious files, although not without making a backup of those files first. It’s better to use an anti-malware scanner here, however, not all scanners detect all malicious files.

Fix system settings

Open System Preferences from your Apple menu or the Dock:

• Open Users & Groups, then Login Items. Delete all unwanted and unknown items.
• There might be an item called Profiles. Click it and select the items that are unknown to you. Then delete them. Configuration profiles are meant to force your Mac and your apps to take on certain settings, including search preferences. They are sometimes abused by malware.
• Click Network, Advanced, Proxies. You can see a list of configurations. If one is selected, such as SOCKS, and if you didn’t select it, then deselect and click OK.

Change your passwords

In theory, WebFunctionSearch could have read your passwords, usernames, and other information. In theory, its browser extension was able to see what you were doing online. If you did find WebFunctionSearch’s extension installed on a browser that you use regularly, then you should change your passwords. That is, once WebFunctionSearch is deleted and you’ve made sure that there’s no other malware on your Mac.

What is WebFunctionSearch

WebFunctionSearch is an aggressive adware infection:

• Its extension can read and change the webpages that you have open without worrying about encryption.
• WebFunctionSearch may change your network settings to send your traffic to a server controlled by cybercriminals, exposing your traffic and allowing these criminals to manipulate which websites you see.
• WebFunctionSearch can show pop-up ads.
• It can also download and install more malware.

Overall, WebFunctionSearch might also be called spyware and a trojan. It does things like display pop-ups to hide macOS warnings, using those pop-ups to trick people into unwittingly giving WebFunctionSearch access and privileges.

It may even download other adware infections, like SignalBalance or FrequencySkill.

 

How it gets installed

Like many macOS threats, WebFunctionSearch uses fake Adobe Flash Player update warnings to sneak onto people’s computers. WebFunctionSearch would have been bundled with a genuine installation of Flash Player, or with no Flash Player at all.

WebFunctionSearch may have been bundled with a cleaner app, such as the infamous Mac Cleanup Pro. This junkware should be removed along with WebFunctionSearch.

Do not trust Flash Player pop-ups if you see them online. Few websites use Flash Player anymore, especially as this technology is being retired.

WebFunctionSearch’s installer should be detected by anti-malware scanners as Trojan, Downloader, Adload, and Malicious: Virustotal.com.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Restore browser settings

How to remove WebFunctionSearch from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall WebFunctionSearch and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to WebFunctionSearch, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopHow to remove WebFunctionSearch from Google Chrome on Mac:

• Open Chrome browser.
• Enter in the url field “chrome://extensions” address and hit Enter.
• Find WebFunctionSearch on the extensions list and click on the recycle bin icon next to it.
• Click on 'Chrome' button at the top left corner. Select 'Preferences' on a drop-down menu box.
• Find 'Search' options on Settings tab. If your search engine is changed, click 'Manage Search Engines' and set your preferred search engine.
• On the same page find 'Show home button' checkbox and change your homepage.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to WebFunctionSearch, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• On the 'Preferences' menu window, scroll down to the bottom and find 'Reset settings' button. Click it.
• Confirm your selection and click 'Reset' on the following window.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program. Top

How To remove WebFunctionSearch from Firefox on Mac OS:

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press cmd+Shift+A on your keyboard).
• Go through Extensions list, remove everything WebFunctionSearch related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
• Enter “about:preferences” in URL bar and hit enter.
• Open Search settings tab.
• If your search engine is changed, click 'Default Search Engines' and set your preferred search engine.
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Preferences-> General. Enter a preferable URL to the home page field.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to WebFunctionSearch, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
• Click on the Refresh Firefox button.
• Click on the Refresh Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.