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Safari has been hijacked by prosearchtip which presents a search screen each time I open Safari. How do I rid myself of it? Why doesn't Apple block it via software update?


iMac, OS X 10.10

Posted on May 11, 2019 9:39 AM

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Posted on May 11, 2019 10:19 AM

Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later


Malwarebytes uninstall


If necessary, follow the manual instructions.  Please do not download any other programs that are listed in the articles.   


http://www.besttechtips.org/how-to-remove-search-prosearchtip-com-from-mac/


https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-search-prosearchtip-com/



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May 11, 2019 10:19 AM in response to Argo2012

Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later


Malwarebytes uninstall


If necessary, follow the manual instructions.  Please do not download any other programs that are listed in the articles.   


http://www.besttechtips.org/how-to-remove-search-prosearchtip-com-from-mac/


https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-search-prosearchtip-com/



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