Fuq is a browser hijacker, redirecting infected Macs to an adult-oriented website such as fuq.com or showing banners encouraging downloads of explicit material. Imagine suddenly coming face-to-face with explicit material when giving a presentation at work! While having your Mac infected by fuq might make you think back to Friends when Joey and Chandler got stuck watching porn channels for hours on end – reality can often differ greatly!

I have put together the most efficient steps to remove fuq.com from your Mac. Let’s first discuss how it comes into being so that we can better safeguard ourselves and other devices going forward.

How Did My Mac Contract the Fuq.com Virus?

As is typically the case, fuq.com virus infiltrates Mac devices of unaware owners when they visit unsafe websites, download files from dubious sources or click malicious links.

An unsafe download often comes bundled with additional programs, some of which could be malicious, that end up getting installed onto your device and creating havoc.

Downloading malicious browser extensions is one of the primary means through which Macs become infected with malware, although an already existing malicious host could also introduce viruses onto your Mac – in particular the fuq.com virus which could re-infect if all its elements remain on its host’s website.

Quick Tip: Before looking at our solutions below, we found that one of the quickest and easiest ways for our users to eliminate harmful viruses before they damage reputation and relationships is with an effective antivirus system.

At Intego Internet Security, we often recommend it because of its outstanding detection scores and comprehensive protection to erase virus traces completely from your Mac while simultaneously protecting it against further attack.

How To Eliminate Fuq.com From Your Mac

Here are a few tried-and-tested methods employed by users to eliminate the fuq.com virus from their Mac computers.

1. Force Quit the Process from Activity Monitor

To temporarily stop fuq.com virus infections, follow these steps.

Clicking the Go menu in your Apple toolbar, scrolling down until Utilities appear, and clicking them opens the Utilities folder.

Click Go and select Utilities

2. Find Activity Monitor on the following window and double-click to open it.

Open Activity Monitor

3. Once Activity Monitor opens up, search for a process named Fuq or fuq.com, select it, and click the X icon at the top of the window.

Select the process and click the X at the top of the screen

4. You will see a dialog box pop-up asking if you would like to quit the process. Click Force Quit.

Choose Force Quit on the pop-up

That is all for Activity Monitor. Next, It is also recommended that you move the fuq.com application to trash.

2. Move the fuq.com Application to Trash

1. Click the Go menu again.

2. This time, select Applications.

Open the Go menu and select Applications

3. In the list, scan for Fuq or Fuq Toolbar, right-click it, and select Move to Trash.

Select the fuq.com or fuq toolbar app, right-click and move to Trash

You have successfully moved the fuq.com virus to trash. Finally, let’s prevent the fuq.com malware from launching at start-up. This is how to do it:

1. Click the Apple Menu icon and choose System Preferences.

2. In the System Preferences window, select Users & Groups

3. Select Login Items to view a list of resources that launch when your Mac boots up.

4. Find Fuq or fuq.com and click the ‘-‘ to remove it.

Congratulations, you have successfully uninstalled the fuq.com virus from your Mac computer! But wait a second…you still need to take some steps in order to block fuq.com pop-ups in your browsers. Let me guide you through it step-by-step.