ProgressHelper

ProgressHelper is a Mac program that may be installed without your knowledge. This may happen because ProgressHelper relies on fake promises or software bundles with misleading instructions to access your computer. Thankfully, this application does not have a threatening intent – instead, it wants to get the opportunity to tamper with your Web browser's settings so that you will be redirected to 3rd-party search engines on a regular basis. While this is not harmful, it may ruin your Web browsing experience because you will be forced to use a website that you are not familiar with. Furthermore, ProgressHelper's page may deliver low-quality search results, more advertisements and other unwanted content.

Removing ProgressHelper from your Mac may be a tricky task because of the measures that this program takes to make its removal more difficult. It will set up a new 'Launch Daemon' and 'Device Profile' to gain persistence, as well as to ensure that its changes will not be undone with ease.

If you are a Mac user and see the name ProgressHelper among your active software list, you should take the called for steps to remove this Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The best and most effective way to handle this is to use a reliable and updated Mac security scanner.