LeadingServiceSearch

LeadingServiceSearch is an intrusive Mac program that may often be installed without the user's knowing consent. This may happen because LeadingServiceSearch is being propagated via fake downloads, software bundles, and other misleading content types. Users who happen to install LeadingServiceSearch on their Mac may not notice any obvious issues until they start their Web browser because LeadingServiceSearch focuses on manipulating the Web browser redirects users to 3rd-party search sites that may host advertisements. LeadingServiceSearch's installer's changes are very difficult to undo manually since the Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) manipulates Mac's 'Launch Daemon' and 'Device Profile' utilities to gain persistence.

Often, users who have LeadingServiceSearch installed on their Mac may end up being redirected to the 'Safe Finder' search engine, but it is possible that the PUP may promote other search aggregators too. If you are having issues like the ones described and are a Mac user, you should run a suitable security scanner to make sure that the problems are not caused by a Potentially Unwanted Program like LeadingServiceSearch.