What is Mkob.xyz?

If you find that the primary homepage and search provider in Safari and other browsers have been changed to Mkob.xyz, it means that your Mac is infected with browser hijacker. Although it may seem that Mkob.xyz is no different from other popular search engines, you should know that it was developed solely for advertising purposes. That’s why you may notice irrelevant search results, a huge amount of pop-up ads in places where it should not be, and constant redirects leading to commercial websites. Moreover, browser hijacker continuously analyzes and collects your private information, such as passwords from accounts or credit card details, then forwards it to third parties for unknown purposes. We recommend that you get rid of this annoying hijacker right now.

How Mkob.xyz gets on your Mac?

Usually, Mkob.xyz appears on users’ Macbooks after users get redirected to rogue sites claiming that an Adobe Flash Player update needs to be installed, and end up installing it. As a result, several pieces of adware, malware and potentially unwanted software, including Mkob.xyz, get installed on their Macs. Other ways for Mkob.xyz and other browser hijackers to end up on users’ machines are users installing free software and not opting out of extra programs that are also offered for installation, or users opening files downloaded from shady websites. If that had happened and Mkob.xyz took over your browser, you may follow our tutorial to remove Mkob.xyz from your Mac.

Recommended Anti-malware tools:

The easiest and most modern way of removing hijackers, pop-ups, Trojans, ransomware or other viruses is to use automatic removal tools. See our Anti-malware tools below for further instructions.

Also, you can try to remove Mkob.xyz manually.

Alternative solution. Step 1: Remove Mkob.xyz from Mac

Mkob.xyz 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 Mkob.xyz or Mkob.xyz.app.

Mac OSX:

1. Open Finder
2. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications
3. If you see Uninstall Mkob.xyz or Mkob.xyz Uninstaller, double-click it and follow instructions
4. Drag unwanted application Mkob.xyz from the Applications folder to the Trash (located on the right side of the Dock)

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Mac OSX

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 Mkob.xyz from browsers

Safari:

1. Open Safari
2. Click Safari menu.
3. Choose Extensions.
4. Find Mkob.xyz 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 Mkob.xyz 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 Mkob.xyz or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click 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.