Remove LogarithmicBalance ads from Mac computer

Proper guide to delete LogarithmicBalance ads

LogarithmicBalance ads is a malicious Mac application categorized as adware. It is basically an annoying browsing infection, runs advertisement campaigns. This dubious threat generates variety of unwanted and harmful adverts. Unlike adware infections, it shares few common traits with nasty browser hijackers. It silently intrudes into the computer and make several changes in active search engines like chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari etc without user’s permission.

It will replace your default search engine and homepage in order to promote fake search engines. Once activated, it will start disturbing your online session frequently with various ads such as pop-ups, banners, surveys, offers, discounts etc that significantly affect your internet speed and will also limit website content visibility. This adware infection will restricts you from visiting certain legitimate sites and manipulate your search activities.

Moreover, it will show customized search results in order to generate quick profit for hackers. The sole motive of LogarithmicBalance ads is to drive huge web traffic to malicious sites illegally. In fact, these ads and pop-ups are totally fake and all they do is to mislead you cheap phishing sites which can download other harmful threats in your Mac and even steal your sensitive information.

LogarithmicBalance ads adware monitors victim’s online activities and can collect personal information such as IP addresses, browsing history, geo-location, login credentials etc which can be misused by hackers for making profit. In short, presence of unwanted apps on PC can results in computer infections, financial losses, serious privacy issues and even identity theft. So, to fix all such issues users are instructed to remove all suspicious apps immediately.

Distribution of LogarithmicBalance ads

Potentially unwanted programs like LogarithmicBalance ads infiltrate into the targeted Mac system with the help of bundling method. In this technique, silent installation of unwanted programs take place with some regular software. What’s more, information about additional programs is hidden behind custom/advanced or other similar settings of software setups. When users leave these settings unchanged, they often lead to the inadvertent installation of unwanted programs together with wanted one which users install intentionally. Thus, to avoid intrusion of unnecessary apps, you are advised to follow precautionary measures:

• Avoid using unreliable software download sources like third party downloader, unofficial pages and other similar tools.
• If possible, use any official and legitimate websites for any software download.
• Select custom or advance option of downloading and installation processes.
• Check the pre-ticked items such as deals, offers and deselect the optional downloading items.
• Install some reputable antivirus tool that blocks ads incoming and malicious sites.

Remove LogarithmicBalance ads

Manual malware removal threat is quite hectic and time-consuming as it takes lots of time to delete this nasty malware. So, we suggest our user to use some reliable removal tool such as Combo Cleaner to remove LogarithmicBalance ads and all this adware automatically from the Mac operating system.

Threat summary

Name: LogarithmicBalance ads

Type: Adware, Browser hijacker, Mac malware, Mac virus

Distribution methods: adware software, social engineering attacks, popup advertisements, spam emails, free software installers and many more.

Symptoms: cause unwanted browser redirect, useless pop-up ads are loaded, replacement of internet browser settings and diminish browser speed.

Damage: Other PUPs or malware infiltration, data tracking (possibly privacy issues), loss of private information

Removal: Both manual as well as automatic removal instructions have been discussed below under this article.  

Remove Files and Folders Related to LogarithmicBalance ads

Open the “Menu” bar and click the “Finder” icon. Select “Go” and click on “Go to Folder…”

Step 1: Search the suspicious and doubtful malware generated files in /Library/LaunchAgents folder

Type /Library/LaunchAgents in the “Go to Folder” option

In the “Launch Agent” folder, search for all the files that you have recently downloaded and move them to “Trash”. Few of the examples of files created by browser-hijacker or adware are as follow, “myppes.download.plist”, “mykotlerino.Itvbit.plist”, installmac.AppRemoval.plist”, and “kuklorest.update.plist” and so on.

Step 2: Detect and remove the files generated by the adware in “/Library/Application” Support folder

In the “Go to Folder..bar”, type “/Library/Application Support”

Search for any suspicious newly added folders in “Application Support” folder. If you detect any one of these like “NicePlayer” or “MPlayerX” then send them to “Trash” folder.

Step 3: Look for the files generated by malware in /Library/LaunchAgent Folder:

Go to Folder bar and type /Library/LaunchAgents

You are in the “LaunchAgents” folder. Here, you have to search for all the newly added files and move them to “Trash” if you find them suspicious. Some of the examples of suspicious files generated by malware are “myppes.download.plist”, “installmac.AppRemoved.plist”, “kuklorest.update.plist”, “mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist” and so on.

Step4: Go to /Library/LaunchDaemons Folder and search for the files created by malware

Type /Library/LaunchDaemons in the “Go To Folder” option

In the newly opened “LaunchDaemons” folder, search for any recently added suspicious files and move them to “Trash”. Examples of some of the suspicious files are “com.kuklorest.net-preferences.plist”, “com.avickUpd.plist”, “com.myppes.net-preference.plist”, “com.aoudad.net-preferences.plist” and so on.

Step 5: Use Combo Cleaner Anti-Malware and Scan your Mac PC

The malware infections could be removed from the Mac PC if you execute all the steps mentioned above in the correct way. However, it is always advised to be sure that your PC is not infected. It is suggested to scan the work-station with “Combo Cleaner Anti-virus”.

Once the file gets downloaded, double click on combocleaner.dmg installer in the newly opened window. Next is to open the “Launchpad” and press on “Combo Cleaner” icon. It is advised to wait until “Combo Cleaner” updates the latest definition for malware detection. Click on “Start Combo Scan” button.

A depth scan of your Mac PC will be executed in order to detect malware. If the Anti-virus scan report says “no threat found” then you can continue with guide further. On the other hand, it is recommended to delete the detected malware infection before continuing.

Now the files and folders created by the adware is removed, you have to remove the rogue extensions from the browsers.

Remove LogarithmicBalance ads from Internet Browsers

Delete Doubtful and Malicious Extension from Safari

Go to “Menu Bar” and open “Safari” browser. Select “Safari” and then “Preferences”

In the opened “preferences” window, select “Extensions” that you have recently installed. All such extensions should be detected and click the “Uninstall” button next to it. If you are doubtful then you can remove all the extensions from “Safari” browser as none of them are important for smooth functionality of the browser.

In case if you continue facing unwanted webpage redirections or aggressive advertisements bombarding, you can reset the “Safari” browser.

“Reset Safari”

Open the Safari menu and choose “preferences…” from the drop-down menu.

Go to the “Extension” tab and set the extension slider to “Off” position. This disables all the installed extensions in the Safari browser

Next step is to check the homepage. Go to “Preferences…” option and choose “General” tab. Change the homepage to your preferred URL.

Also check the default search-engine provider settings. Go to “Preferences…” window and select the “Search” tab and select the search-engine provider that you want such as “Google”.

Next is to clear the Safari browser Cache- Go to “Preferences…” window and select “Advanced” tab and click on “Show develop menu in the menu bar.“

Go to “Develop” menu and select “Empty Caches”.

Remove website data and browsing history. Go to “Safari” menu and select “Clear History and Website Data”. Choose “all history” and then click on “Clear History”.

Remove Unwanted and Malicious Plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox

Delete LogarithmicBalance ads add-ons from Mozilla Firefox

Open the Firefox Mozilla browser. Click on the “Open Menu” present in the top right corner of the screen. From the newly opened menu, choose “Add-ons”.

Go to “Extension” option and detect all the latest installed add-ons. Select each of the suspicious add-ons and click on “Remove” button next to them.

In case if you want to “reset” the Mozilla Firefox browser then follow the steps that has been mentioned below.

Reset Mozilla Firefox Settings

Open the Firefox Mozilla browser and click on “Firefox” button situated at the top left corner of the screen.

In the new menu, go to “Help” sub-menu and choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the “Troubleshooting Information” page, click on “Reset Firefox” button.

Confirm that you want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to default by pressing on “Reset Firefox” option

The browser will get restarted and the settings changes to factory default

Delete Unwanted and Malicious Extensions from Google Chrome

Open the chrome browser and click on “Chrome menu”. From the drop down option, choose “More Tools” and then “Extensions”.

In the “Extensions” option, search for all the recently installed add-ons and extensions. Select them and choose “Trash” button. Any third-party extension is not important for the smooth functionality of the browser.

Reset Google Chrome Settings

Open the browser and click on three line bar at the top right side corner of the window.

Go to the bottom of the newly opened window and select “Show advanced settings”.

In the newly opened window, scroll down to the bottom and choose “Reset browser settings”

Click on the “Reset” button on the opened “Reset browser settings” window

Restart the browser and the changes you get will be applied

The above mentioned manual process should be executed as it is mentioned. It is a cumbersome process and requires a lot of technical expertise. And hence it is advised for technical experts only. To be sure that your PC is free from malware, it is better that you scan the work-station with a powerful anti-malware tool. The automatic malware removal application is preferred because it doesn’t requires any additional technical skills and expertise.

Download the application and execute it on the PC to begin the depth scanning. Once the scanning gets completed, it shows the list of all the files related to LogarithmicBalance ads. You can select such harmful files and folders and remove them immediately.