I wrote this article to help you remove Mac Tonic Virus. This Mac Tonic Virus removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

If you notice the presence of the Mac Tonic utility on your computer, you are in trouble. It is a malicious parasite from the Adware category. It’s mission? To take over your browser. Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge, there is no browser app that is safe from this malware.

Mac Tonic’s main objective is to turn your browser into an ad-displaying tool, so it can benefit from every click the victim makes on the generated ads. To make matters worse, the adware will customize the adverts according to the obtained web data it has on the victim, like browsing history, habits and search queries. Anything to make the user most likely to click on the promoted content.

Adware is most commonly spread through spam email messages, email attachments and executable files, corrupted links and ads, free software bundles, fake update requests, etc. In order to steer clear from a potential adware infection, we advise our readers to always get their software updates from reliable and licensed sources only. Don’t just blindly trust a random pop-up that is urging you to follow a questionable update link.

More often than not, such reroutes lead to dangerous third-party websites that can only harm your computer and infect it with malicious software. Speaking of software, if you often download programs and applications from the internet, make sure you opt for Custom or Advanced mode in the Setup Wizard. This will give you the power to not only view the full contents of the software you are about to install, but also deselect any unwanted program or app that seems suspicious to you. We recommend opting-out of any additional software, since it is the one that usually turns out to be hidden malicious software in disguise.

Before you panic that your computer has been hacked, you should know that adware is not as dangerous as viruses like Trojans or ransomware. Most people don’t even consider it as a real virus, since it limits its attack to your browsers only. However, that does not mean that it is harmless. Quite the opposite. It is more than capable of compromising your online security and privacy.

Personal information such as but not limited to passwords, IP addresses, bank account credentials, credit card numbers, Login ID, etc can easily fall into the hands of cyber criminals, thanks to this malicious parasite. Not only that, but the existence of this adware on your PC will also lead to slow internet connection and frequent crashes of your browser.

At some point, your browser will stop responding completely. That’s when you’ll realize that you’ll be unable to do any kind of work on your browser. But, if you follow our detailed instructions and act as soon as you detect this malware, you will save yourself so many troubles. The less time you waste, the better! Remove this nasty adware and regain control over your browser before it is too late!

Mac Tonic Virus Uninstall

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you are familiar with this task, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.

For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.‌

Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.

While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.

Here are the steps you must perform to remove the hijacker from the browser:

Remove From Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.

Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.

Remove From Chrome:

Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).

Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.

Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.

Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.

Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.

Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.

Go to the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

Still cannot remove Mac Tonic Virus from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.