Remove PublicToolboxLookup
PublicToolboxLookup is a shady application, which appears to cause trouble for many Mac users worldwide. The good news is that while this app is very dodgy, it does not have any harmful traits – it is not identified as malware by security software. However, this does not mean that Mac security tools will ignore its existence. On the contrary, they will recommend its removal since it is considered to be a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP.)
Users are unlikely to install PublicToolboxLookup on purpose, considering that this app has no official publisher, website, or download page. It seems to be distributed randomly through misleading ads, fake updaters/installers, or even software bundles. To keep PUPs like this one away from your Mac, you should keep your system protected by an up-to-date security tool.
If PublicToolboxLookup is running on your system, then it might have introduced some annoying but harmless changes:
- This PUP creates a new Launch Agent to grant itself persistence – just like ElementarySignalSearch and ReachChoice, other Mac PUPs.
- It may modify browser settings, so that you get redirected to ad-ridden sites.
- It may prevent you from restoring your browser settings.
As we already stated above, dealing with PublicToolboxLookup is easy – just run an up-to-date Mac security scanner to help you eradicate all of this program's components.
