MacFly Pro Malware - How to remove

MacFly Pro is a Mac optimizer app. It promises to improve your Mac’s performance by deleting unnecessary files, managing your memory, and with various other features.

Unfortunately, MacFly Pro is considered to be dangerous by antivirus vendors: it’s considered to be a deceptor, misleading, and risky to use. If you find MacFly Pro on your Mac, it might be best to remove it.

About MacFly Pro in short:

Classification	Potentially unwanted program.
Problems with MacFly Pro	It’s detected as malicious by many antivirus scanners, it makes itself look more useful than it is, it’s unlikely to improve the performance of your Mac.
How it gets installed	It can be downloaded from its home page, it’s promoted by affiliates, possibly with the help of extremely deceptive ads.
How to remove MacFly Pro	Uninstall the app manually or with an anti-malware app (Combo Cleaner, others), check your Mac for other potentially unwanted apps.

Why MacFly Pro is problematic

Antivirus programs detect MacFly Pro as Riskware, Trojan, Misleading, Adware, Unwanted, Malicious, etc. Here are examples of how antivirus scanners react to MacFly Pro: Virustotal.com, Virustotal.com. AppEsteem also considers MacFly Pro to be a little deceptive.

Some of the reasons why MacFly Pro is seen as potentially unsafe include it presenting harmless items as problems and shows potentially unwanted notifications (even after it’s been removed).

MacFly Pro offers a lot of features that might seem useful:

• Delete files that are unnecessary (duplicates, logs, cache, temporary files, email attachments, etc.).
• Remove startup items and browser extensions.
• Manage your RAM.
• Delete form fill info, such as your name, address, etc. saved in your browser.
• Shred files.

However, these features aren’t as useful as they might look at first:

• Apple already offers free tools that can delete unnecessary files and free up space on your Mac (Support.apple.com). It’s right there in your settings!
• Unnecessary files are sometimes useful. Cookies and cache are used to improve performance. If MacFly Pro deletes such files, it won’t result in improved performance.
• MacFly Pro offers to manage your RAM, but this feature is pretty controversial (Howtogeek.com) and unlikely to improve your experience. Besides, you can use Activity Monitor as needed.
• MacFly Pro doing background scans and running all the time is likely to negatively impact your computer’s performance.

In general, Mac optimizers, such as MacBooster, are considered to be Placebo at best. They claim that your computer is in trouble, that it needs to be cleaned – it can make one feel anxious. Then they delete a few unnecessary files (that would have probably been deleted automatically at some point), then say that your computer is clean now, in the green – it’s satisfying.

How MacFly Pro is installed

MacFly Pro, made by BGtech Ltd, can be downloaded from its home page on Macflypro.com. It has a free trial version with limited functionality, as well as a paid version. MacFly Pro also has a helper app on the App Store.

Based on a user’s experience (Discussions.apple.com), it seems like MacFly Pro might use fake virus warnings (such as the 27 viruses scam or MACClean Booster ads) to spread. This could be because of dishonest affiliates, which is not directly MacFly Pro’s fault. Still, if this happened to you – if you saw a fake virus alert and installed some apps because of it – it’s recommended to remove those apps.

How to remove MacFly Pro

You can remove MacFly Pro manually from your Finder -> Applications folder. MacFly Pro might still show notifications even after it’s been removed, but you can manage them in your settings (Support.apple.com)

To check your Mac for any potentially unwanted items or to remove MacFly Pro automatically, you can use an anti-malware app, like Combo Cleaner.

Be careful about what apps you download and install. Macs have many of their own tools for security and optimization, so if you have a problem with your Mac, make sure to look for help on Support.apple.com sites first. This will help you stay safe and avoid potentially deceptive apps like MacFly Pro taking advantage of you.

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