You may have installed a fake 'utility' called 'Advanced Mac Cleaner.' Like any software that purports to automatically 'clean up' or 'speed up' a Mac, it's a scam. To remove it, please take the steps below. Some of the files listed may be absent. Back up all data before proceeding.
Stop Mac Adware Cleaner popups and other intrusive web-sites. We advise to install an ad-blocking program that may stop Mac Adware Cleaner and other annoying sites. The ad blocker tool like AdGuard is a program which basically removes advertising from the World Wide Web and blocks access to malicious web-pages. You may have installed a fake 'utility' called 'Advanced Mac Cleaner.' Like any software that purports to automatically 'clean up' or 'speed up' a Mac, it's a scam, and some variants of it are ad-injection malware. To remove it, please take the steps below. Some of the files listed may be absent in your case.
If you paid for the software with a credit card, consider reporting the charge to the bank as fraudulent.
Step 1
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.pcv.hlpramc.plist
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Move the selected item to the Trash. Log out or restart the computer.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder..
Chrome Adware Cleaner Mac
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You may not see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
Step 2
Move the following item to the Trash as in Step 1:
/Library/Application Support/amc
This time you may be prompted for your administrator login password. There's no need to log out after taking this step.
Step 3
Move this item to the Trash:
~/Library/AdvancedMacCleaner
Step 4
Open the Applications folder and move an item named 'Advanced Mac Cleaner' (if it's present) to the Trash. Empty the Trash.