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Shlayer

According to PCrisk, Shlayer is a trojan-type virus designed to proliferate various adware and other unwanted applications, and promote fake search engines.

Shlayer is a macOS malware family.

Background

Per PCrisk, Shlayer is a trojan-type virus built to spread assorted adware and other unwanted applications while pushing fake search engines. It usually masquerades as an Adobe Flash Player installer or as various software cracking tools.

Users most often run into this virus on shady Torrent sites packed with intrusive ads and misleading downloads.

Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).