What is Khereugo.com?

If the default search engine on your Chrome, Safari or Firefox browsers have been changed to Khereugo.com without your participation, then you likely have a browser hijacker on your Mac. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can change the default search engine, homepage, new tab page or start page of a browser. Also, hijackers usually stop users from altering these settings to something else. Weknow.ac browser hijacker adds Admin Preferences to your settings so that the default search engine becomes “enforced by your administrator” and impossible to edit. According to Khereugo.com’s Privacy Policy, it can collect various data from you, including but not limited to, names of sites that you visit and your search queries, and use this data to display interest-based targeted ads to you or share it with affiliates. We recommend you remove Khereugo.com from your Mac immediately.

Brief overview:

Name	Khereugo.com or Wallpapers – New Tab
Type of threat	Browser hijacker
URL address	https://www.barone.live/
Symptoms	Browser hijacker changes homepage and search engine of browser so that users are forced to use them. It fills the targeted browser with commercial content in form of pop-ups, banners, in-text links, audio/video ads, etc. Also, hijacker can occasionally cause redirects to third-party websites
Infiltration	Freeware programs, illegal software, software cracks, torrents, fake updates
Manual Removal	To eliminate threat manually, you should remove all files and applications related to the browser hijacker
Removal Tool	To completely get rid of hijacker, We recommend using SpyHunter. This is the only way you can be 100% sure that all components of the threat are removed from the system.

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.

Alternative solution.

If you’ve encountered the Khereugo.com browser hijacker on your macOS system, follow these steps to remove it manually from Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. We’ll provide clear instructions to safeguard your browsing experience.

Step 1: Remove Khereugo.com from macOS

Khereugo.com 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.

1. Identify and Close Background Apps: Right-click on the Apple menu, select Utilities, and then open Activity Monitor. Locate the hijacker process, select the X icon, and click Force Quit.
2. Uninstall Unknown Apps: Go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences. Select Security & Privacy, then click on the Privacy tab. In the left sidebar, select Full Disk Access. Check if any unknown apps have access and remove them.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Mac OSX

Step 2: Remove malicious entries from Profiles (Mac)

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

Step 3: Get rid of Khereugo.com using Terminal (only for Google Chrome)

1. Open Terminal
2. Copy and paste the following entries one by one each time by pressing “ENTER”:

   defaults write com.google.Chrome HomepageIsNewTabPage -bool false
   defaults write com.google.Chrome NewTabPageLocation -string “https://www.google.com/”
   defaults write com.google.Chrome HomepageLocation -string “https://www.google.com/”
   defaults delete com.google.Chrome DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL
   defaults delete com.google.Chrome DefaultSearchProviderNewTabURL
   defaults delete com.google.Chrome DefaultSearchProviderName

3. Relaunch Chrome

Step 4: Delete Khereugo.com from browsers

Safari:

1. Open Safari.
2. Click Safari in the menu bar and select Preferences.
3. Go to the Extensions tab.
4. Remove any suspicious extensions related to Khereugo.com.

Learn more about removing extensions from Safari.

Google Chrome:

1. Launch Google Chrome.
2. Click the menu icon (three vertical dots) in the upper-right corner.
3. Select Extensions from the drop-down menu.
4. Find the malicious extension related to Khereugo.com and click Remove.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Click the menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner.
3. Select Add-ons.
4. In the left sidebar, choose Extensions.
5. Locate the suspicious extension related to Khereugo.com and click Remove.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Step 5: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

Resetting browser settings can help resolve issues caused by unwanted extensions or changes made by malware, restoring your browser to its default state.

Safari:

1. Open Safari and go to the “Safari” menu.
2. Select “Preferences” and navigate to the “Privacy” tab.
3. Click on “Manage Website Data” and remove all website data.

Google Chrome:

1. Open Chrome and click on the three dots in the top-right corner.
2. Select “Settings” and scroll down to find “Advanced”.
3. Under “Reset and clean up”, choose “Restore settings to their original defaults”.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Launch Firefox and click on the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
2. Go to “Help” and select “Troubleshooting Information”.
3. Click on “Refresh Firefox” to reset browser settings.

By following these steps, you can effectively remove the Khereugo.com browser hijacker from your macOS system and enhance your online security.