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What is ApolloSearchDaemon?

EtreCheck discovered this adware on my Mac, causing problems with websites loading. Is anyone familiar with it?


    Adware - Adware detected.

    

Adware:

    Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.ApolloSearch.plist

        Reason: Adware pattern match

        Executable: ~/Library/Application Support/com.ApolloSearch/ApolloSearch r

    Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ApolloSearchDaemon.plist

        Reason: Adware pattern match

        Executable: /Library/Application Support/com.ApolloSearchDaemon/ApolloSearch r


Unsigned Files:

    Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ApolloSearchP.plist

        Executable: /var/root/.ApolloSearch/ApolloSearchDaemon

        Details: Domain name invalid - possibly adware


    Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.13127022313839422592.7812475685.plist

        Executable: ~/Library/Application Support/com.5796894859182956240/1458863757181035320 86C51296-4012-43FB-BFB0-2CE748D7E852 478CE290-C73E-4111-A4B0-F8F47138817B

        Details: Domain name invalid - possibly adware


    Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist

        Executable: ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode xpchost

        Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


    Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist

        Executable: ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent -runMode ifneeded

        Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


System Launch Agents:

    [Not Loaded] 15 Apple tasks

    [Loaded] 176 Apple tasks

    [Running] 109 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

    [Not Loaded] 36 Apple tasks

    [Loaded] 180 Apple tasks

    [Running] 118 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

    [Other] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2019-08-09)

    [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2019-12-23)

    [Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2019-12-23)


Launch Daemons:

    [Loaded] com.ApolloSearchDaemon.plist (Adware - installed 2019-10-03)

    [Running] com.ApolloSearchP.plist (? 7e21f6d - installed 2019-10-03)

    [Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2019-08-09)

    [Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2019-08-09)

    [Loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2019-11-22)

    [Loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple - installed 2019-12-04)

    [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2019-12-23)

    [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2019-12-23)

    [Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2019-12-23)

    [Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2019-12-08)


User Launch Agents:

    [Other] com.13127022313839422592.7812475685.plist (? 0 - installed 2019-09-24)

    [Loaded] com.ApolloSearch.plist (Adware - installed 2019-09-15)

    [Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (? 0 - installed 2019-12-14)

    [Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (? 0 - installed 2019-12-14)



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Posted on Dec 24, 2019 8:05 AM

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Posted on Dec 24, 2019 8:54 AM

csburrell wrote:

What is ApolloSearchDaemon?

EtreCheck discovered this adware on my Mac, causing problems with websites loading. Is anyone familiar with it?

    Adware - Adware detected.
    
Adware:
    Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.ApolloSearch.plist
        Reason: Adware pattern match
        Executable: ~/Library/Application Support/com.ApolloSearch/ApolloSearch r
    Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ApolloSearchDaemon.plist
        Reason: Adware pattern match
        Executable: /Library/Application Support/com.ApolloSearchDaemon/ApolloSearch r

Unsigned Files:
    Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ApolloSearchP.plist
        Executable: /var/root/.ApolloSearch/ApolloSearchDaemon
        Details: Domain name invalid - possibly adware

 

Adware.


You can use the links provided in the Etrecheck and/or course of action to remove,


or to remove adware/malware you can try running this trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

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Question marked as Best reply

Dec 24, 2019 8:54 AM in response to csburrell

csburrell wrote:

What is ApolloSearchDaemon?

EtreCheck discovered this adware on my Mac, causing problems with websites loading. Is anyone familiar with it?

    Adware - Adware detected.
    
Adware:
    Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.ApolloSearch.plist
        Reason: Adware pattern match
        Executable: ~/Library/Application Support/com.ApolloSearch/ApolloSearch r
    Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ApolloSearchDaemon.plist
        Reason: Adware pattern match
        Executable: /Library/Application Support/com.ApolloSearchDaemon/ApolloSearch r

Unsigned Files:
    Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ApolloSearchP.plist
        Executable: /var/root/.ApolloSearch/ApolloSearchDaemon
        Details: Domain name invalid - possibly adware

 

Adware.


You can use the links provided in the Etrecheck and/or course of action to remove,


or to remove adware/malware you can try running this trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

What is ApolloSearchDaemon?

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