Get Rid of Scanyourmac.com Pop-up

About Scanyourmac.com 

If you have Scanyourmac.com on your computer, you may have the same experience like below:

I set my homepage to www.google.co.uk and it now redirects me to scanyourmac.com
A pop-up window says freezes Safari saying 'Possible system threat - Press okay to begin scan process'. I obviously haven't clicked on any of these links. Please help?

Scanyourmac.com is a kind of adware infection which detects a fake antivirus scan page that displays false virus scan results. Once gets into the computer,Scanyourmac.com is capable to change your browser's settings and change your web browser's homepage and default search provider to a different one without your permission. Scanyourmac.com will compromise your browser and modify browser setting. When you surf the Internet, Scanyourmac.com is capable to pop up automatically to prevent access to sites that redirect users or perform actions to trick users into calling the scammer and installing misleading applications such as fake antivirus software.The message on Scanyourmac.com will perform fake scans of the hard disk and then report multiple non-existent threats.

To remove the threats, the misleading application tells the user to purchase the fake tech-supported service which may amount to anything from forty to one a hundred dollars plus, depending on whether a "support" package is purchased or not. However, you should not believe in the false scam message. The software and any support packages offered are bogus and will offer no help whatsoever in cleaning up the problem or protecting against any other threats. Adware like Scanyourmac.com is mainly created by the cyber criminals to mkae money. It is suggested to remove Scanyourmac.com from the computer as soon as possible to avoid further damage. It is better to scan your computer with a powerful anti-spyware program like Spyhunter to check out the problem and remove viruses.

How to remove Scanyourmac.com

Method 1: Manual removal

Step 1: Stop related running processes in Windows Task Manager first.

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.

Step 2: Remove any infection related program from Control Panel.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and click Uninstall a program.
3. Remove the related programs.

Windows XP

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel and then click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Uninstall related programs.


Windows 8

1. Press Win+R.
2. Type in control panel and click OK.
3. Select Uninstall a program.
4. Remove the related programs.

Step 3: Remove Scanyourmac.com from your browsers.

Reset Safari:

1.Open your Safari web browser by clicking on the Safari icon in the dock.
2.Click on Safari in your Safari menu, located at the top of your screen.
3.A drop-down menu will now appear. Choose the option labeled "Reset Safari..."
4.A warning dialog will now appear detailing the items that will be removed.
5.Click the button on the dialog labeled Reset to complete the process.

Reset Internet Explorer

Reset Google Chrome

Reset Mozilla Firefox

Step 4: Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files.

(1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Step 5: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all related registry entries.

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)

Method  2:  Remove with SpyHunter

It is safe and easy to remove  Scanyourmac.com by Spyhunter.

Step 1: Click the following button to download SpyHunter.

Step 2: Save it into your computer and click on the Run choice to install it step by step.

Step 3: Scan the computer and delete all threats.

Note: To keep  Scanyourmac.com on the computer is not a wise choice. This infection can bring in many other potentially virus and damage. Install Spyhunter can help you remove  Scanyourmac.com and also protect your computer.

（Gary）