Remove Totmania.net Adware From Mac OS

Simple Steps To Delete Totmania.net

Totmania.net is a potentially unwanted program that mainly targets iPhone users. This malicious domain is used by cyber criminals to redirect users’ traffic to affiliated web pages without their approval. It reroutes iPhone users to multiple commercial sites and infects their smartphones with other PUPs or deceive them into sharing their sensitive data. This nasty adware displays a message with the link to Totmania that seems to be coming from a friend. However, your friends or relatives have nothing to do with this message. We highly advise to avoid interacting with this perilous domain as you will have to receive annoying messages all the time.

Know More About Totmania.net:

Totmania.net typically targets iPhone users but in some cases, can affect Android devices as well. When you get a message with dubious content and suspicious link, avoid clicking on any hyperlink as you might be taken to various scam, phishing or even malware-laden sites that hosts trojan, spyware or even dangerous ransomware. At some web portals, you are presented with fake security alerts, error messages, update notifications etc. and trapped into installing rogue software. Moreover, Due to the presence of this nasty adware in your system, you are flooded with endless intrusive ads all the time that disrupts your web sessions badly.

Totmania.net displays attractive-looking offers, banners, deals, coupons, discounts, surveys etc. and tries to make victims click on them in order to earn profits via cost-per-click mechanism. Clicking on these adverts though can be very risky for your system’s security as they might contain spiteful links and when clicked on, lead you to potentially infectious sites that are fully occupied with malevolent objects. Visiting on such precarious sites may result in more malware infections.

Totmania.net virus has ability to track users’ online activities like pages viewed, links clicked on, search queries typed etc. and gather important information regarding their browsing preferences and interests. The collected data is very useful for generating and displaying eye-catching advertisements in order to get as many clicks on them as possible and earn maximum revenues. Moreover, your personal and confidential information relating to banking and other financial details could be also stolen and misused for deceptive purchases, transactions or other spiteful intentions that might result in huge financial loss for you. And hence, an instant Totmania.net removal is what you need to perform without wasting any time.

Ways To Spread Totmania.net:

When you download freeware or shareware from untrustworthy sites like softonic.com, cnet.com, download.com etc. and then install it using the pre-set configuration settings, you risk getting infected with such unwanted programs. The Quick or Recommended installations options don’t often disclose the contents added to the software package which also manage to settle down on the device secretly along with the carrier program.

So, it is necessary to very careful while downloading and installing freeware. Always choose reliable sources or direct links to download software and avoid using third-party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks etc. To opt-out all the unwanted contents from the download list, you should always select the Custom of Advanced settings. But at the moment, you must remove Totmania.net from the machine without wasting any time.

Remove Files and Folders Related to Totmania.net

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