Suspicious application called "BeAware."

Thanks for your post. I was having issues with browsers and 3rd party apps. Started with a "pdf reader" app popup that I got tricked into. Got rid of it--I think, but something with Google Chrome came up, (Google in general!) and I wanted to reinstall or just delete and not use altogether. Then later, after "reinstalling" something not right. Can't not get it to install. "not from Apple store". Can not delete it because it says it's "running". No it's not. Would not verify. Would not open, but appears open on dock. Can not "force quit". Just will not FQ! Then, I went to the "Applications" folder, that appeared on my Home-User file. I don't think I've ever seen the "App;" folder there before! When I went to open it to see if was, in fact, another way to access "Applications" folder, all that was showing in it was 2 apps: BeAware.app & Chrome Apps! Deleted & emptied trash. Still can not delete the Chrome app that is in App folder. Says "in use" and can not Force Quit.

Any Help??

Omg! Thank you so much, I was scared that it was something watching me I had to put tape on my camera or it was getting my information from watching my screen. This was really helpful and it is such a relief!

Did the same thing, worked perfectly. Funny thing is, I bought this computer new in November 2018, and be aware was installed on this computer in May 2018. Six months before I bought it new from an Apple store in Manhattan.

I'm sure you've probably solved this by now but for anyone else coming here to look for an answer - I had the exact same problem recently.

The best way to get rid of it is to force quit it through activity monitor, then search the name in spotlight and drag it to the trash.

I just managed to uninstall it.

it has starts up upon login so you need to: Go to system preferences, Select Users and Groups. click on your profile, choose login items and deselect Beaware.

Next, go to activity manager, find it there, and force quit (I had to open it for it to show up at the top of activity manager cause it hides in there, then force quit to be sure) after this you can drag it from utilities to trash.

hope this helps.

Had the same issue and looked throughout countless forums that offered similar suggestions from downloading Malwarebytes to accessing the LaunchAgents/Launch Daemons folders to delete recently added folders that could be linked to BeAware. None of these methods worked and surprisingly, the easiest method was typing in BeAware in Spotlight and showing "all" files linked to this naming convention. Once the list was provided, I was able to drag and drop the app directly into the trash with no issues.

See if you can find the file(s) using one of these programs. If you go Finder/View/Show Path Bar, it will show you where it is located.

EasyFind – Spotlight Replacement

Find Any File

Hallo, I need help too. Can’t delete or uninstall BeWare. Malwarebytes and Etrecheck can't fine BeWare file.

I had the same application. Deleted It. Would be nice to know how this got on my computer.

the same thing happened to me. thanks for the help!

Super helpful, couldn't find this application online either.

Thanks for this. Any idea what this APP could've been and done to our computers?

Super sketchy app. Any idea what this was and what it did to our computers?

It monitors the Internet.

http://www.ascentive.com/products/beaware/

I need help too. Can’t delete or uninstall .

Go in Users & Groups

Untick the BeAware application from User Login Items

Run Activity Monitor and quit the app

Download AppCleaner for Mac

Lookup the BeAware application and delete it.