ProgramInitiator

ProgramInitiator is an annoying Mac application whose presence on your computer may bring undesired changes to your Web browser's behavior and configuration. ProgramInitiator may be advertised as a useful product meant to enhance various aspects of your Web browsing. Still, its true purpose is to generate traffic for 3rd-party and non-trustworthy search engines. It achieves this by configuring the browser to redirect users to a 3rd-party search engine every time they use the address bar to initiate a new search.

To achieve persistence, ProgramInitiator will manipulate the Mac 'Launch Daemon' and 'Device Profile' modules. By doing so, it makes its removal more difficult – eradicating ProgramInitiator manually may be difficult. This software is considered as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), and you can get it off of your Mac by running a suitable security scanner.