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Safe Finder took over my computer - now can't remove it or change homepages

I have moved Safe Finder to the trash and emptied the trash, but this malware has still taken over Safari homepage and greyed it out. It also took over Chrome. I don't dare open Firefox! I downloaded and ran EtreCheck but it found nothing. I have deleted the "Profiles" in System Preferences. Running Mojave 14.4 (The apparent origin of my problems) Please help! Thanks

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 6:40 AM

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Mar 31, 2019 11:14 AM in response to rswc90

You have to scroll down the article to get to the manual uninstall suggestions.

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Mar 31, 2019 1:40 PM in response to Eric Root

OK -- I had already done all of these before I posted here. Nothing has worked.

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Apr 1, 2019 12:41 AM in response to rswc90

With these hard to remove malware, repeating the process helps sometimes.

That is from my experience here.

Thank you for the feedback.

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Apr 3, 2019 12:01 PM in response to rswc90

That is the best option to pursue.

Wish you all success.

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Apr 3, 2019 5:56 PM in response to rswc90

Thanks! I am doing that right now! I wonder if it's naive to feel hopeful!?

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Safe Finder took over my computer - now can't remove it or change homepages

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