GenerelOpen

GenerelOpen advertises itself as an application that can help Mac users search the Internet more efficiently, but its true functionality resembles more closely that of an adware program. Furthermore, most users may not have even realized that GenerelOpen was installed on their Mac systems due to the dubious distribution methods it may employ. The application also has been classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) and should be considered for removal as soon as possible.

Having an adware application present on your system may lead to a severely diminished user experience on it, especially when browsing the Web. Indeed, GenerelOpen could begin generating intrusive and unwanted advertising materials, such as pop-ups, banners, surveys, in-text hyperlinks and more. The advertisements could even begin to cover the content of websites viewed by the user.

Interacting with any of the presented advertisements should be regarded as a potential security risk. Clicking on them could take users to unsafe third-party websites where they may be exposed to phishing or tech support scams. It is not uncommon for the redirects to lead to domains promoting additional PUPs.

Last but not least, adware and browser hijackers are known for possessing data-harvesting capabilities. Applications of this type can track the user and log the visited websites, conducted searchers while also collecting various system information such as IP addresses, geolocation and more.