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ExpandedSkill

Posted: January 8, 2021

ExpandedSkill is an intrusive application, which only runs on macOS computers. This application aims to gain the ability to modify your Web browser's behavior so that it can redirect you to 3rd-party websites without your approval. Often, ExpandedSkill may replace the default search engine or new tab page that your Web browser uses, therefore ensuring that you will regularly end up at a website you are not familiar with. The pages that ExpandedSkill promotes may often be fake search engines, which deliver dubious results. However, it is possible that ExpandedSkill may trigger redirects to other low-quality websites too.

The ExpandedSkill macOS application may be installed accidentally through a software bundle, but it is also possible to download it directly because its authors may be disguising it as a useful utility. Once ExpandedSkill is up and running, it will modify the macOS Launch Daemon to ensure that its files will be run whenever the operating system boots up – this makes its changes persistent.

ExpandedSkill is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP,) and we suggest that you keep it away from your macOS device by investing in a regularly updated security software suite.

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