Remove SelectionDaily (Mac)

How To Remove SelectionDaily From Infected Mac Systems

SelectionDaily is just a newly developed and identified PUP or adware that is specifically developed to attack Mac OS based computers. An adware is technically a malicious software whcih usually brings a number of advert related pop ups on screen to promote its sponsored contents on screen. These adverts usually appears in form of commercial pop ups, banners, in-text link based advertisements, and so on. In addition to flooded adverts on infected browsers, the SelectionDaily can also gather a number of confidential information ot details from machine such as login credentials, web browsing details, and many more, which further can be shared to criminals for illegal purposes. Even the overall speed and performance of affected Mac will also be drastically affected, and should be treated sooner if such issues start to appear.

Although, adware or browser hijackers like SelectionDaily is considered not as typical computer infections like trojans or ransomware, still its overall impacts on targeted computers is intolerable and should not be left underestimated or ignored for long time. The adware can modify all installed browser settings without any prior notice, and even makes some unwanted changes in Mac administrative areas which altogether affects the overall system performance and increases the risk of data theft, identity theft as well. So, considering all these fact checks, the detection and removal of SelectionDaily is suggested to be accomplished sooner, and possibly with some suggested measures as included under this article.

Technical Specifications

Name: SelectionDaily

Type: PUP, browser hijacker

Description:

Distribution: Bundled software packages, malicious file downloads, freeware or shareware installer packages, and many more.

Removal: For more detailed information about detection and removal of SelectionDaily from infected computers, we suggest you to follow here included guidelines

How do SelectionDaily get installed on computers? Measures to sort out the issues?

The hectic adware infections like SelectionDaily usually gets installed on targeted Mac OS based computers through third party free software installers. In such instances, the adware get installed on computers without any prior notice, following which it easily manage to configure its settings in Mac that allows the malware to keep itself hidden and undetected for long term. The devs of these creepy infectious objects often make use of a number of third party measures or techniques like software bundling, email spamming, and other social engineering tricks to distribute their malware codes, however the victims can hardly come to identify those intruders unless they are enough cautious.

In order to detect and remove SelectionDaily from an infected computers completely, it can be really harder for a normal or novice PC user as the adware itself is somehow stubborn in its nature. Means, to tackle down the adware completely from computer, it should be removed along with all its supporting files, processes, and leftovers completely. To accomplish this task, we suggest you check and follow here included guidelines or measures that will assist you to clean the adware manually. In alternative case, you can also take a trial with an automatic solution to check if it can help cleaning SelectionDaily from your machine.

Remove Files and Folders Related to SelectionDaily

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 SelectionDaily 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 SelectionDaily 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 SelectionDaily. You can select such harmful files and folders and remove them immediately.