Step 2: Quit Advanced Mac Cleaner Process. Before proceeding with the steps below, please close Advanced Mac Cleaner window if in case it is open. Go to Launchpad, Utilities folder, open Activity Monitor. Choose All Processes from the upper right corner of the window. Under Process Name column, look for Advanced Mac Cleaner.
Advanced Mac Tuneup is a rogue application that primary goal is to make revenue by means of promoting or selling the licensed version of the program.
Advanced Mac Tuneup is a multi-purpose cleaning tool, which helps to identify and remove useless and redundant files. Such amazing feature is according to its official web site. On the other hand, based on its real functions, this application was tagged as potentially unwanted program (PUP).
Advanced Mac Tuneup holds the same behavior as other rogue software. It stealthy infiltrate on the system by using multiple techniques. When established into Macintosh computer, it starts performing system scan. Unsurprisingly, scan result contains false claim that junk and redundant files were detected.
Advanced Mac Tuneup will urge users to clean the system. However, to do this, you have to purchase its licensed version. We have to warn you that this strategy is often employ by malware author in order to gain online profit. At the same time, cyber crook may easily collect information like credit card account details, email address, and other crucial data you submitted as you purchase its promoted program.
Thus, purchasing full version of Advanced Mac Tuneup is not just a waste of money, but it may also risk your online privacy and own identity. Removing this rogue program is the best course of action when alarming security alert and unwanted ads from Advanced Mac Tuneup pop-up on your computer screen.
To get rid of Advanced Mac Tuneup, we have prepared a detailed instruction. All you need to do is to follow steps as outlined below.
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Advanced Mac Tuneup Removal Procedures
Below are several steps that you should carry out to delete Advanced Mac Tuneup unwanted program from Mac computer.
We highly recommend executing both manual removal and thorough scanning of the system using the provided tool.
Fast and Easy Removal with Combo Cleaner
To quickly find and delete rogue programs from Mac system, we highly recommend scanning the computer with Combo Cleaner. This comprehensive and complete tool for Mac is equipped with an advanced virus, malware, and adware scan engines.
1Download Combo Cleaner from the link below.
2Double-click on the file to install the program. As show in the image below, drag the Combo Cleaner.app to Applications folder.
3 Open Launchpad and click on the Combo Cleaner icon to run the tool.
4Click on Start Combo Scan button to begin checking the computer for malicious objects.
Free virus scanner of Combo Cleaner checks and detects various kinds of threats. To remove them from the infected computer, you will have to purchase the full version of Combo Cleaner.
Manual Removal and Additional Scan
Close Advanced Mac Tuneup Application
1 Close Advanced Mac Tuneup opened window or running application.
2 On your keyboard, press Command + Option + Esc to open Force Quit Applications window. Alternatively, you can go to Finder > Go > Utilities > Activity Monitor.
3 Select Advanced Mac Tuneup from the list of running processes and click on Force Quit button.
Delete Advanced Mac Tuneup Login Items
4 Go to Apple menu and choose System Preferences from the drop-down list.
5 Open Users and Groups and click on Login Items button to show the list of applications that launches automatically.
6 Please select Advanced Mac Tuneup and click on minus button (-) at the bottom of the window to remove this unwanted item.
Manually delete Advanced Mac Tuneup items
7 Navigate the Apple Finder and click on 'Go'. Then, select 'Go to Folder'. Alternatively, use keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + G.
8 Copy and paste, or type the following line in the field and press Enter on your keyboard:
/Library/LaunchAgents
9 LaunchAgents folder should open at this point. Look for items with the following names or similar entry:
- com.AdvancedMacTuneup.agent.plist
- com.AdvancedMacTuneup.amthlpr
- MAMT.hlpr
- AdvancedMacTuneup.agent
- Helperamt
10 Move each file to the Trash. This action may require administrator privilege. If you are not logged in as administrator, you need to provide required password.
11 Using the same 'Go to Folder' procedures, open this location:
~/Library/LaunchAgents
12 Look for the same files and folders and move it to Trash.
13 Next, we need to look at Application Support folder. Using the same method as above. Go to this location:
~/Library/Application Support
14 Locate the following items and move it to Trash:
- AdvancedMacTuneup
- AMThlpr
- HelperAMT
15 Go back to Apple Menu, click Go, and then select Applications from the drop-down list.
16Delete the following folders just in case they do exist.
- AdvancedMacTuneup
- AMThlpr
- HelperAMT
Scan with MBAM to check for Advanced Mac Tuneup remaining objects
17Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac from the link below.
18 Drag the downloaded file MBAM-Mac-[version].dmg to Applications folder.
19 Under Applications folder, right-click on Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and select 'Open' from the given choices.
20 After opening the tool, click on the 'Scan' button to start checking the computer for presence of Advanced Mac Tuneup and other malware.
21 When scanning is done, the tool will display all identified threats. Be sure to select malicious items.
22 Click on 'Remove Selected Items' to delete the threats.
We hope that the procedures and removal tool on this page was able to help you in removing Advanced Mac Tuneup. Your computer should now be malware free.