Remove Privatetunnel

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I downloaded VPN Private Tunnel to try it out and decided to delete it. So I removed the application.

But now Chrome tries to launch www.privatetunnel.com every few minutes.

I can't seem to find where the source of this is coming from.

EtreCheck shows it's running.

MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on May 12, 2015 9:20 PM

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Answer 1

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There was no uninstaller, so I performed the manual steps (reproduced here):

For Mac OS X:

Navigate to Macintosh HD
Open the Application Folder
Open the "Private Tunnel" folder (or "OpenVPN" for older clients)
There should be a file named "Uninstall Private Tunnel" (or "Uninstall OpenVPN Connect" for older clients). Launch this file and the uninstallation process should commence.
If the uninstallation file is not present or did not uninstall properly, try to delete the following files from your computer and then reboot:
- /Applications/PrivateTunnel.app/
- ~/Library/Application Support/PrivateTunnel/
- /Library/Frameworks/PrivateTunnel.framework/
- /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.privatetunnel.ovpnagent.plist

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Answer 2

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For removal instructions:

Manually remove files from Macintosh HD as described, the last bullet pointed instruction.

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