Remove Mac Tonic Pop-up Ad “Virus”

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The Mac Tonic utility is bad news. This parasite falls under the Adware umbrella. It is an ad-generating parasite. The adware is so intrusive that it’s often referred to as a “virus.” The good news is that this invader is not a full-fledged virus. It cannot corrupt your entire system. The parasite limits its influence to your web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Edge, there is no immune app. The adware infects them and takes over your browsing experience. The adware injects various ads on every website you visit. It is also behind the numerous pop-ups. The parasite even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. Do not underestimate the situation, though. The Mac Tonic adware is not a mere annoyance. Do not ignore it. This parasite opens your browsers to malicious online influence. It uses targeted ads and surveillance to turn you into an easy target. In theory, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, the adware would display ads for sports shoes. In practice, however, you get flooded with dozens of unreliable ads. Do not trust the adware’s advertisements. This parasite has no security mechanism. It’s more likely to redirect you to bogus websites than to legitimate ones. Spare yourself many future headaches. Remove the Mac Tonic adware for good!

How did I get infected with?

The Mac Tonic adware does not target individual users. It uses mass-distribution methods to reach a broad spectrum of potential victims. The adware uses torrents, spam emails, and software bundles. It also lurks behind fake updates and corrupted links. One second of carelessness is all it needs to succeed. The adware relies on your negligence. Your caution, on the other hand, prevents it from succeeding. Bear in mind that no anti-virus app can protect you if you are reckless. Only your caution can keep your computer virus-free. Do not let other parasites trick you the way the Mac Tonic adware did! Always do your due diligence! Even a little extra caution goes a long way. Don’t visit shady websites. Download your software from reputable sources only. When available, use the advanced setup option. If additional programs are about to get installed as bonuses, deselect them. These unknown programs, more often than not, are parasites like the Mac Tonic adware. Don’t give them the green light of admission. Deselect them. Also, before you click on that “Accept” button, read the terms and conditions. You can, of course, speed up this step by using an online EULA analyzer. If you detect anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately!

Why is this dangerous?

The Mac Tonic adware has no place on your computer. It bombards you with adverts, redirects your web traffic and covers your screen with pop-ups. The parasite prevents you from using your device normally. You cannot get a simple task done uninterrupted by an advert of some sort. The parasite becomes your constant companion. You cannot escape from it. The adware is very irritating. Yet, it’s equally dangerous. The Mac Tonic adware jeopardizes both your security and privacy. This parasite monitors your browsing-related data and threatens to steal sensitive information. The adware knows your every online step. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. It’s just a matter of time before it succeeds. Even if it doesn’t, you are still in for trouble. Every bit of information is used against you. The adware bases its ad-selection on your preferences. It also sells access to its database. Its advertisers use the collected data to target you with customized ads. What if these advertisers have bad intentions? Numerous crooks use the Mac Tonic adware and its resources. They create customized adverts and force them on you. The crooks show you what you want to see. But when you click, bad things happen. You risk ending up on scam and infected pages. Do not risk it! Remove the adware before it lures you into an online trap! The sooner it’s gone, the better!

How to Remove Mac Tonic virus

The Mac Tonic infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Mac Tonic infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Track down Mac Tonic in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Mac Tonic startup location

STEP 3: Delete Mac Tonic traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Mac Tonic in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Mac Tonic startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Mac Tonic virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Mac Tonic traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Mac Tonic by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• • Open Mozilla Firefox

  • Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
  • Disable the unwanted Extension
  • Go to Help
  • Then Troubleshoot information
  • Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Mac Tonic

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Mac Tonic, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Mac Tonic argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Mac Tonic Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.