Your-mac-security-analysis.net - How to remove

Your-mac-security-analysis.net is an address that might appear as you’re casually browsing the internet and bring some concerning news about your computer being infected. Though the page might look like it comes from the official Apple tech support service AppleCare (their logo is displayed on the page), Your-mac-security-analysis.net is actually made by some fraudsters to sell their own low-quality software.

Your-mac-security-analysis.net is a malicious prank

The pop-up’s goal

Tricking people to sell them fake tech support is often done by cybercriminals impersonating trusted companies. Windows users have to deal with scammers claiming they’re from Microsoft and Mac users have these fake AppleCare sites. Your-mac-security-analysis.net even has the word “mac” in the URL to try and appear trustworthy.

The application that Your-mac-security-analysis.net gets people to download is Super Mac Cleaner or similar. It’s a poor optimizer at best and using it will cause unnecessary stress for users by misrepresenting the state of your Mac to look worse than it really is to push people to buy it and remove all those viruses (viruses that might not inhabit your Mac at all).

The Your-mac-security-analysis.net virus warning is seen by plenty of people whose Mac computers are completely clean and healthy. It tries to make people think their computer is infected so that it cal sell them fake protection:

Your-mac-security-analysis.net behavior	Appears after being redirected from another website Says that your Mac has viruses Recommends a particular application to get rid of those viruses
Dangers of falling for the scam	Money lost paying for the application Malware installed Stress and time lost
Causes of Your-mac-security-analysis.net pop-ups	Visiting infected websites Clicking on malicious ads Having malware display the pop-ups in your Mac
Stop fake virus detection pop-ups	Remove malware (Combo Cleaner) Avoid infected websites Block Your-mac-security-analysis.net

This site might look like an innocent prank if it weren’t for the fact that it can cost people money – anyone who buys the tech support offered by Your-mac-security-analysis.net is a victim.

Signs that Your-mac-security-analysis.net is a fake

While real antivirus programs are careful to be as neutral and mild as possible, fake ones like Your-mac-security-analysis.net uses psychological manipulation to force victims to be impulsive. This pop-up uses absurdly alarmist language:

• “System damage: 28.1%” – as if it can quantify damage using percentages. Later, on the next page, Your-mac-security-analysis.net shows system damage to be “33.2%”, as if it’s gone up.
• A 2-minute countdown “before damage is permanent” – trying to make people think that their info is in real danger and that they only have 2 minutes to fix it.

The truth is that Your-mac-security-analysis.net, together with the shady software that it’s promoting, is scareware. This sort of behavior is often used by malicious websites and pop-ups and is frowned upon. It should serve you as a sign that the pop-up you’re seeing is deceptive the next time some close of Your-mac-security-analysis.net loads in your browser. These websites are relentless, however, as long as you do not interact with them, they are not dangerous.

Even if you finished the Your-mac-security-analysis.net scan and downloaded the recommended application, your Mac should be just fine. After all, the scan is totally fake – an animation played to deceive visitors.

How to stop Your-mac-security-analysis.net pop-ups

To stop Your-mac-security-analysis.net pop-ups it’s important to figure out what’s causing them. It could be an infected website, a malicious ad, a virus on your Mac or in your browser. The more often you see fake virus alerts, and especially if alerts appear on your screen when the browser isn’t even active, the more likely it is that the problem is with your Mac: you can scan the computer with an antivirus scanner like Combo Cleaner and uninstall suspicious applications to get rid of adware. And you can use your antivirus program’s web protection to block Your-mac-security-analysis.net by adding it to the lists of blocked URL addresses.

However, Your-mac-security-analysis.net is only one of many dangerous and malicious sites that are spreading malware online (4 viruses, spyware, and similar warnings). If you keep a cool head when confronted with one, you might be able to avoid them. Fake virus alerts deliberately try to stress people out, so don’t give in. Close the site instead. The Cmd+W keyboard shortcut closes the current browser tab and Cmd+Alt+Esc opens the menu to force quit the browser, so make use of them.

Finally, if you ended up downloading Super Mac Cleaner from Your-mac-security-analysis.net, it would be best to remove it. There are much safer programs out there made by much more honest developers. Scan your downloads before you run them to avoid installing malicious applications.

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