What is “Process completed” pop-up (Mac)?

The sudden appearance of “Process completed” pop-up indicates that potentially unwanted program has been installed on your device. As a rule, this PUP comes as a separate app that has a “magnifier” icon. Once inside, the PUP modifies browser and system configuration to cause “The process is completed. To finish, click OK” window to appear from time to time the user browses the Internet. This is an annoying pop-up that does not respond to user actions neither he or she clicks “OK” nor closes the window. Even though we don’t see anything here that could damage our device, we advise you to remove “Process completed” pop-up. To do so, follow our step-by-step guide.

How “Process completed” pop-up gets on your Mac?

Usually, “The process is completed” pop-up 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 get installed on their Macs. Other ways for adware 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 adware took over your browser, you may follow our tutorial to remove “The process is completed” pop-up from your Mac.

How to remove “Process completed” pop-up from your Mac?

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

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Or uninstall “The process is completed” pop-up manually.

Step 1: Remove”The process is completed” pop-up from Mac

“The process is completed” pop-up 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 apps with magnifier icon such as PhaseSearch, ForwardOpen, etc.

Mac OSX:

1. Open Finder
2. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications
3. If you see Uninstall “The process is completed” pop-up or “The process is completed” pop-up Uninstaller, double-click it and follow instructions
4. Drag unwanted application “The process is completed” pop-up 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 “The process is completed” pop-up 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 “The process is completed” pop-up from browsers

Safari:

1. Open Safari
2. Click Safari menu.
3. Choose Extensions.
4. Find recently-installed 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 recently-installed 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 recently-installed 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.