What is MacShiny?

MacShiny is a relatively new software similar to Mac Tonic offered on https://macshiny.com/lp/g4/index. According to developers (Cyan Soft Ltd), MacShiny can fix some Mac troubles: clean junk files, remove viruses and optimize MacOS. Developers promise to keep users Mac at advanced level but take your time. According to respectable antimalware companies, MacShiny creates some rogue processes:BV:Downloader-OA [Drp], OSX/Deceptor.MacShiny.A, Trojan.Linux.Downloader. All these processes potentially can download different additional adware programs. This fact gives us a ground to classify MacShiny as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). According to all this fact, you should remove MacShiny immediately.

How MacShiny gets on your Mac?

MaacShiny offered by official site and affiliates. Also, MacShiny PUP usually is installed by users permission, but “permission” can be hidden in the installation process of other programs, apps, or extensions. This software usually installs a bunch of other malware or adware onto a Macintosh/MacBook, some of which may change browser settings like a default search engine. You may use our instructions to remove MacShiny from your MacOS.

How to remove MacShiny from your Mac?

To uninstall MacShiny remove it from Applications, then delete all leftover files and folders.

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Or uninstall MacShiny manually.

Step 1: Remove MacShiny from Mac

MacShiny may not have the app associated with it in Applications. However, we recommend you to inspect the list of installed applications and remove unknown or suspicious ones. Look for MacShiny or MacShiny.app.

Mac OSX:

1. Open Finder
2. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications
3. If you see Uninstall MacShiny or MacShiny Uninstaller, double-click it and follow instructions
4. Drag unwanted application MacShiny 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 MacShiny from your browser.

Step 2: Remove Admin Preferences from Mac

1. Open System Preferences.
2. Click on Profiles.
3. Click on AdminPrefs on the left panel.
4. Click the minus button below to delete rogue settings.

Step 3: Remove MacShiny from browsers

Safari:

1. Open Safari
2. Click Safari menu.
3. Choose Extensions.
4. Find Weknow or other suspicious extensions.
5. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Safari.

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find Weknow or other suspicious extensions.
6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Choose Weknow or other suspicious extensions.
4. Press Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Step 4: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

Reset browser setting in Safari:

1. Open Safari.
2. Click on the Safari menu.
3. Choose Reset Safari….
4. Click Reset button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Safari.

Reset browser setting in Google Chrome:

1. Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
2. Choose Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. Go to Reset browser settings section.
5. Click Reset browser settings.
6. In the dialog that appears, click Reset.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.

Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Go to Help.
3. Go to Troubleshooting information.
4. Click Reset Firefox… button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.

Step 5: Remove following files and folders of MacShiny:

Remove following entries:

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Remove following files:

MacShiny.pkg

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Written by Tim Kas