How to uninstall Students Learn Together from Mac computers
Written by Tomas Meskauskas on (updated)
What is studentslearnintogether.club?
studentslearnintogether.club is the address of a fake search engine, which is promoted through a potentially unwanted application (PUA), a browser hijacker called Students Learn Together. Generally, hijackers promote these search engines by changing browser settings.
Furthermore, apps of this type usually gather information relating to users' browsing activities. Typically, people download and install browser hijackers unintentionally, and they are, therefore, classified as PUAs.
Students Learn Together promotes studentslearnintogether.club by changing settings such as address of the default search engine, homepage, and new tab. Therefore, people with this app installed on their browsers are forced to visit studentslearnintogether.club when they open a new browser window, tab, or enter search queries into the URL bar.
When a search query is entered, Students Learn Together causes redirects to searchbaron[.]com, studentslearnintogether.club (api2.studentslearnintogether[.]club), and then searchnewworld[.]com. The last address provides results generated by bing.com, a legitimate search engine designed by Bing.
Thus, studentslearnintogether.club provides no unique results and is redundant. To undo settings appointed by Students Learn Together, it must be uninstalled, otherwise this browser hijacker will reassign settings after each attempt to undo or change them.
Furthermore, most browser hijackers gather data such as users' IP addresses, geolocations, addresses of visited websites, entered search queries, etc. Additionally, some of these apps might be designed to record sensitive details. Developers often share the data with third parties who misuse it to generate revenue.
Some of these third parties might include cyber criminals. In summary, people who willingly or inadvertently use apps classified as browser hijackers might become victims of identity theft or experience problems relating to privacy, browsing safety, etc. Apps of this type should be uninstalled immediately.
| Name | Students Learn Together browser hijacker |
| Threat Type | Browser hijacker, Mac malware, Mac virus. |
| Browser Extension | Students Learn Together New Tab (Chrome) |
| Serving IP Address (studentslearnintogether.club) | 35.166.234.171 |
| Additional Information | studentslearnintogether.club forces users to visit other shady pages such as searchbaron[.]com and searchnewworld[.]com. |
| Symptoms | Your Mac becomes slower than normal, you see unwanted pop-up ads, you are redirected to dubious websites. |
| Distribution methods | Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake Flash Player installers, torrent file downloads. |
| Damage | Internet browser tracking (potential privacy issues), display of unwanted ads, redirects to dubious websites, loss of private information. |
| Malware Removal (Mac) | To eliminate possible malware infections, scan your Mac with legitimate antivirus software. Our security researchers recommend using Combo Cleaner. |
Patriot PDF Converter, File Converter Master, and News Flash are just some examples of other apps that are categorized as browser hijackers (promote fake search engines). Generally, these apps and fake search engines are useless (even when developers advertise them as useful, legitimate, etc.).
Furthermore, most people download and install PUAs unintentionally. When installed, they provide no useful features and most are designed only to help developers to generate revenue.
How did Students Learn Together install on my computer?
Research shows that Students Learn Together is distributed through a fake Flash Player installer. People install this browser hijacker when they expect to update or install Flash Player. This is not the only case whereby various PUAs are downloaded and/or installed through the set-ups of other software.
Typically, developers include unwanted apps in download and/or installation set-ups and present them as additional offers. In fact, these offers are usually hidden in settings of set-ups such as "Custom", "Advancd", and so on.
This method to distribute PUAs is called "bundling" and is used to trick people into downloading and/or installing unwanted apps together with some regular (usually free) software. This method works against people who leave the settings unchanged - in doing so, they agree to download and/or install additional, unwanted software by default.
In some cases, unwanted downloads/installations happen when people click deceptive ads that execute certain scripts - these cause download/installation of an unwanted application.
How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications
Do not download software from untrustworthy, unofficial websites, through third party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer networks such as torrents, eMule or other similar sources/channels. The same applies to installation through third party installers. Software or files should be downloaded from official websites and via direct download links.
Check all settings (such as "Custom", "Advanced") available in download/installation setups and dismiss offers to download and/or install unwanted apps. Do not click intrusive ads, especially those displayed on dubious websites. These can redirect users to potentially malicious web pages or cause download/installation of PUAs.
Check for any suspicious, unwanted, unknown apps (extensions, add-ons, plug-ins) installed on the browser, and programs on the computer. Removed unwanted items immediately. If your computer is already infected with browser hijackers, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for macOS to automatically eliminate them.
Fake Adobe Flash Player installer promoting Students Learn Together and studentslearnintogether.club:
Students Learn Together browser hijacker asking permission to be added to the browser:
Students Learn Together (Students Learn Together New Tab) installed on Chrome:
studentslearnintogether.club causes redirects to searchbaron[.]com, studentslearnintogether.club, and searchnewworld[.]com (GIF):
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Quick menu:
- What is studentslearnintogether.club?
- STEP 1. Remove Students Learn Together related files and folders from OSX.
- STEP 2. Remove studentslearnintogether.club redirect from Safari.
- STEP 3. Remove Students Learn Together browser hijacker from Google Chrome.
- STEP 4. Remove studentslearnintogether.club homepage and default search engine from Mozilla Firefox.
Video showing how to remove adware and browser hijackers from a Mac computer:
studentslearnintogether.club redirect removal:
Remove studentslearnintogether.club-related potentially unwanted applications from your "Applications" folder:
Click the Finder icon. In the Finder window, select "Applications". In the applications folder, look for "MPlayerX", "NicePlayer", or other suspicious applications and drag them to the Trash. After removing the potentially unwanted application(s) that cause online ads, scan your Mac for any remaining unwanted components.
Remove browser hijacker-related files and folders
Click the Finder icon from the menu bar. Choose Go, and click Go to Folder...
Check for browser hijacker generated files in the /Library/LaunchAgents/ folder:
In the Go to Folder... bar, type: /Library/LaunchAgents/
In the "LaunchAgents" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by browser hijackers - "installmac.AppRemoval.plist", "myppes.download.plist", "mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist", "kuklorest.update.plist", etc. Browser hijacker commonly installs several files with the exact same string.
Check for browser hijacker generated files in the ~/Library/Application Support/ folder:
In the Go to Folder... bar, type: ~/Library/Application Support/
In the "Application Support" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious folders. For example, "MplayerX" or "NicePlayer", and move these folders to the Trash.
Check for browser hijacker generated files in the ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ folder:
In the Go to Folder... bar, type: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
In the "LaunchAgents" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by browser hijackers - "installmac.AppRemoval.plist", "myppes.download.plist", "mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist", "kuklorest.update.plist", etc. Browser hijacker commonly installs several files with the exact same string.
Check for browser hijacker generated files in the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ folder:
In the "Go to Folder..." bar, type: /Library/LaunchDaemons/
In the "LaunchDaemons" folder, look for recently-added suspicious files. For example "com.aoudad.net-preferences.plist", "com.myppes.net-preferences.plist", "com.kuklorest.net-preferences.plist", "com.avickUpd.plist", etc., and move them to the Trash.
Scan your Mac with Combo Cleaner:
If you have followed all the steps correctly, your Mac should be clean of infections. To ensure your system is not infected, run a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus. Download it HERE. After downloading the file, double click combocleaner.dmg installer. In the opened window, drag and drop the Combo Cleaner icon on top of the Applications icon. Now open your launchpad and click on the Combo Cleaner icon. Wait until Combo Cleaner updates its virus definition database and click the "Start Combo Scan" button.
Combo Cleaner will scan your Mac for malware infections. If the antivirus scan displays "no threats found" - this means that you can continue with the removal guide; otherwise, it's recommended to remove any found infections before continuing.
After removing files and folders generated by the browser hijackers, continue to remove rogue extensions from your Internet browsers.
Remove browser hijackers from Internet browsers
Remove Safari browser hijackers:
Open the Safari browser, from the menu bar, select "Safari" and click "Preferences...".
In the preferences window, select "Extensions" and look for any recently-installed suspicious extensions. When located, click the "Uninstall" button next to it/them. Note that you can safely uninstall all extensions from your Safari browser - none are crucial for regular browser operation.
Change your homepage:
In the "Preferences" window, select the "General" tab. To set your homepage, type the preferred website URL (for example: www.google.com) in the Homepage field. You can also click the "Set to Current Page" button if you wish to set your homepage to the website you are currently visiting.
Change your default search engine:
In the "Preferences" window, select the "Search" tab. Here you will find a drop-down menu labeled "Search engine:" Simply select your preferred search engine from the drop-down list.
- If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Safari.
Remove Google Chrome browser hijackers:
Click the Chrome menu icon 
(at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".
Change your homepage
Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select "Settings". In the "On startup" section, disable the malicious extension (if present), look for a browser hijacker URL below the "Open a specific or set of pages" option. If present, click on the three vertical dots icon and select "Remove".
Change your default search engine:
To change your default search engine in Google Chrome: Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings", in the "Search engine" section, click "Manage search engines...", in the opened list look for a browser hijacker URL, when located click the three vertical dots near this URL and select "Delete".
- If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Google Chrome.
Remove malicious extensions from Mozilla Firefox:
Click the Firefox menu 
(at the top right corner of the main window) and select "Add-ons and themes". Click "Extensions", in the opened window locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, click on the three dots and then click "Remove".
Change your homepage
To reset your homepage, click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), then select "Settings", in the opened window disable malicious extension (if present), remove the browser hijacker URL and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you start Mozilla Firefox.
Change your default search engine:
In the URL address bar, type "about:config" and press Enter. Click "Accept the Risk and Continue".
In the search filter at the top, type: "extensionControlled". Set both results to "false" by either double-clicking each entry or clicking the 
button.
- If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Mozilla Firefox.
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