Before you set out to remove Search Pulse extension on Chrome, there is a quirk of this parasite to take into account. If you open the browser’s settings pane, the ‘Search engine’ and ‘On startup’ sections will contain the following notice: “Search Pulse is controlling this setting”. It means that the core malware has added a configuration profile that disables the regular mechanisms of changing your web surfing defaults To circumvent this hurdle, you should go to the System Preferences screen on your Mac, select Profiles, and delete the profile that ended up there behind your back. The next step is to open the Activity Monitor and stop the process used by Search Pulse virus. Its name varies, but it could be something like “productevent” or entry that doesn’t look like a benign system executable and consumes a good deal of the CPU. Then, go to Applications on your Mac and move the Search Pulse app icon to the Trash. Now that the malicious hindrance has discontinued, you can safely remove the unwanted extension on Chrome. To do this, click the ‘Customize and control Google Chrome’ icon, click ‘More tools’ and select Extensions. Find Search Pulse on the list and click the ‘Remove’ button. Then, proceed to ‘Settings’, define the correct preferences there, and restart the browser.