how to remove api.mybrowserbar.com/

I somehow got infected too, and I believe that must have happened just a few days ago —at least I detected Chrome redirecting some pages to "api.mybrowserbar.com". I am somewhat scared, because most of the solutions I find by searching the web apply to Windows, not Mac. Any help would be very appreciated.

Apparently it only affects your browser. This website was really helpful for me.

http://www.im-infected.com/hijacker/mybrowserbar-api-mybrowserbar-com.html

Hello, did anyone ever find any real solutions for this? All removal steps I've come across are for pc. When you're using Chrome, do the new tabs have some wierd gold logo on them?

Update July 2014: In Chrome settings, Extensions, mybrowserbar wasn't listed, but an unknown thing was, whose description matches the behavior others have described:

Domain Error Assistant 1.4

This extension saves you time by providing relevant search results instead of an error page

I disabled it and instantly the problem was gone. So, it appears that the scumware had just retitled itself.

I recently got the mybrowserbar malware from using uTorrent. In Yosemite, it installers a folder called "Spigot" in User>Library>Application Support. I just deleted the whole folder and I don't get any warnings from LittleSnitch that this api is trying to connect in the background.

Unfortunately, the user Library is now hidden so you have to either make invisible folders visible (using Terminal), or use an app like Path Finder which allows you to browse hidden folders.

Cheers Yonidass! this helped me and worked for me too. I got the browser bar through reinstalling tuneup for mac. Its a good app but now they unfortunately bundle it with this crap! 😟

I'm an OSX user and this worked for me. Also, I save you the trouble and reproduce the terminal commands here. FYI, you shouldn't run stuff like this you find online unless you understand what it's doing. If you're unsure, follow the link and read up.

http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-spigot/

The commands that I ended up running in terminal that worked:

rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Support/Spigot/

rm -r ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.spigot.ApplicationManager.plist

can't find the folder anymore, but I didn't delete it

you can use the following app

https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/esecure-adware-malware-remover/id1052726909?mt=1 2

Better manually