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Search Encrypt is on my MacBook and I want to get rid of it. What do I do?
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12.6)
Try running a scan with Malwarebytes: http://malwarebytes.org/mac. What you describe sounds like adware.
I found this unwanted app had become the default search engine for Firefox, the default browser on my iMac. I went to Firefox/Preferences/Search and deleted it, then went to Tools/Add-ons and removed it from there. Seems to have worked. It did not appear to have infected my copy of the Safari browser.
I used this article on Search Encrypt's website and it got rid of the browser extension.
This article on Medium was also helpful and a little more up to date.
Hopefully these help.
How do I get rid of Search Encrypt
