Trovi.com & Bing infiltration

Ahoy there Mates and Matettes!

I have a conundrum I have never experienced until I thought I was getting help from and HP help site. I instead was an Indian hacker and dropped a josepov virus in my computer. I monitor this regularly, and it attempts to reappear and I find it in applications and delete it. I remove cookies anytime I am using my computer for my business or personal searches.


This weekend, somehow in a search on a news article that was dropped in messenger on FaceBook, a virus got into my computer and is overriding my Safari / Google preferred search engine and in rerouting itself to a Trovi.com website and search engine. I want this gone.


How do I reset my Safari to remove this issue. I have never used Bing as a search engine. I only use Safari and Google keeping my world as simple as possible. I use my site for business. If I can't do this I will have to stop using my laptop for my business and personal correspondence all together.


This is the address to the hack... through Facebook... it is a fake website and dropped the override...


http://bitly.ws/4rIH


Please help! I need my laptop as an entertainer... Thank you for your time!


Garold Amadon

Posted on Jul 22, 2019 11:21 AM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2019 11:47 AM

You have adware/malware installed. Use  Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After scanning a couple of times, restart the computer and test. If necessary, follow the manual instructions.  Do not download any other programs that are listed in the articles.   Malwarebytes uninstall


 https://www.2-spyware.com/remove-bing-redirect-virus.html


 How to get rid of Bing.com Redirect - Virus removal guide


Trovi Search uninstall


Trovi Search uninstall (2)

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Jul 22, 2019 11:47 AM in response to GibbonTheTroubadour

You have adware/malware installed. Use  Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After scanning a couple of times, restart the computer and test. If necessary, follow the manual instructions.  Do not download any other programs that are listed in the articles.   Malwarebytes uninstall


 https://www.2-spyware.com/remove-bing-redirect-virus.html


 How to get rid of Bing.com Redirect - Virus removal guide


Trovi Search uninstall


Trovi Search uninstall (2)

Jul 22, 2019 12:53 PM in response to Eric Root

To Eric Root! A friend intervened and taught me exactly what you recommended and it worked! Thank you for your quick response!... I am up and running with no issue. I was able to access the malware site through Yahoo as a back door and recreated my access route that way... through Safari's system preference! Well met... done... for now right?? who knows what is next...

Garold Amadon

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