Last Updated on December 21, 2022 by Mathew Diekhake
The feed.chunk app virus is related to the feed.chunckapp.com browser hijacker. Its goal is to either change your Safari homepage, new tab page, or search engine. Most browser hijackers force you to the webpages they want you to use because they profit from it in one way or another. It is hard to tell exactly how one browser hijacker profits compared to another. Sometimes they’re owned by the same people and other times through a network of several people money is handed from one to another.
Most browser hijackers are annoying but harmless. However, you should always remove them as soon as you notice them just in case they display adware which can also be untrustworthy since no authoritative advertising network would ever allow such a thing.
How to Remove feed.chunckapp.com from Safari
You can usually remove the feed.chunckapp.com redirect by removing its browser extension from Safari. Here is how:
- With Safari open, click Settings > Extensions.
- Select the feed.chunk extension and then click Uninstall.
You may still need to reset your browser to remove the search engine, new tab pages, or home pages the feed.chunk app virus altered. To do that, follow these steps:
- With Safari open, click Settings > General.
- Enter your chosen website in the Homepage and new tab page.
How to Get Rid of feed.chunckapp on Mac
If the feed.chunckapp browser hijacker keeps coming back on your computer, you need to remove it with a malware removal tool capable of removing browser hijackers. Most of them do remove browser hijackers by default. Not many antimalware tools are made for Mac though, so you need to find one that works for Mac. We recommend using Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes will remove the browser hijacker, which is also a form of adware, for your computer and it’s simple to use.