What is Search.search-bee.com (Mac)?
Search.search-bee.com is a browser-hijacker, analog of Weknow.ac and other potentially unwanted software. Designed by the Search Bee company (Israel). Search.search-bee.com can infect user’s Mac and send users personal data with third parties, including affiliates and business partners. Besides, the hijacker inserts own search engine, based on Yahoo on every infected browser. It may lead to increasing of ads links in search queries and decreasing a quality of search. So, we recommend to remove Search.search-bee.com from Mac as soon as possible.
How Search.search-bee.com gets on your Mac?
Search.search-bee.com hasn’t any own executable file. Search Bee company offers the browser hijacker by the bundle in different installation programs. Note: activated additional points originally approved in the custom menu lead to the installation of malicious software, including Search.search-bee.com. Please check up custom installation menu: for preventing hijacker infiltration, you should deactivate all additional points. If your Mac already infected by the Search.search-bee.com, read our easy article for removing.
How to remove Search.search-bee.com from your Mac or PC?
To uninstall Search.search-bee.com remove it from Applications, then delete all leftover files and folders.
In our view, there are 2 products able to remove Search.search-bee.com.
Recommended Solution:
Bitdefender Antivirus- fully removes all instances of viruses, similar to Search.search-bee.com from Mac and Safari.
Alternative Solution:
MacClean for Mac – finds Search.search-bee.com and can clean up leftover items after removal.
Or uninstall Search.search-bee.com manually.
Step 1: Remove Search.search-bee.com from Mac
Search.search-bee.com may not have app associated with it in Application. However, we recommend you to inspect the list of installed applications and remove unknown or suspicious ones.
Mac OSX:
- Open Finder
- In the Finder sidebar, click Applications
- If you see Uninstall Search.search-bee.com or Search-mate Uninstaller, double-click it and follow instructions
- Drag unwanted application from the Applications folder to the Trash (located on the right side of the Dock)
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Mac OSX
To remove leftover items of unwanted application on Mac we recommend you to use AppCleaner. Just drag application you want to remove to AppCleaner window and it will search for residual data on your hard drive. This will save space of your memory and will help to remove stubborn applications from Mac systems.
After that remove Search.search-bee.com from your browser.
Step 2: Remove Search.search-bee.com from browsers
Safari:
- Open Safari
- Click Safari menu.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find Search.search-bee.com.
- Click Uninstall button to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Safari.
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find Search.search-bee.com.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose Search.search-bee.com.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Step 3: Remove following files and folders of Search.search-bee.com:
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Written by Tim Kas