What is SkillExplorer?

SkillExplorer is a potentially unwanted application that may end up on your Mac and corrupt settings of Safari, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox web-browsers. As a result, your browser will be filled with obnoxious advertisements such as pop-ups, video ads, banners, in-text ads, and so on. In addition, it can initiate the automatic download and installation of other unwanted programs. In addition to this, it may replace the primary search provider of the browser with a fake one in order to provide users with altered results. The only way to avoid such a scenario is to completely remove SkillExplorer from your device. You should be able to do this without too many troubles by following our instructions below,

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 SkillExplorer manually.

Alternative solution. Step 1: Remove SkillExplorer from Mac

SkillExplorer 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 SkillExplorer or SkillExplorer.app.

Mac OSX:

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

Safari:

1. Open Safari
2. Click Safari menu.
3. Choose Extensions.
4. Find SkillExplorer 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. Click the Chrome menu (3-dots icon) in the top right corner.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find SkillExplorer 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 SkillExplorer 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.