I have some kind of a worm that keeps redirecting my internet searches from my chosen engine to the yahoo search engine. I can stop it for awhile but it always returns eventually. I use a MacBook pro with OS 10.3.6 Can't find this addressed in a way that has resolved it in general on-line search (now limited to a yahoo search of course)! Help!
Download and run Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes was developed by one of our own colleagues here in ASC and is about the most proven anti-malware software for Mac. All you need is the free version.
After that restart your ac and then go to Safari > Preferences > Search and choose the search engine you want.
I have some kind of a worm that keeps redirecting my internet searches from my chosen engine to the yahoo search engine. I can stop it for awhile but it always returns eventually. I use a MacBook pro with OS 10.15.3 Can't find this addressed in a way that has resolved it in general on-line search (now limited to a yahoo search of course)! Help!
I had the same problem and was frustrated just like everyone else.
I went to my System Preference and look for, an icon that looks like a bottle cap and a check mark in it., Called Profiles.
Delete the items in there and that worm goes away.
I have had it come back up but i do the same thing and it goes away again.
I have also switched to Google chrome and left Safari.
Hope this helps everyone.
I am not a poster but this was such a relief to figure out. I wanted to share this in this forum.
Dear Apple team,
Actually I have a probleme of search engine that always changes to yahoo. I have read the results and fixed that as Apple team suggested some one to download Malwarebytes. I did and after restarted my MacBook Pro with Mac OS sierras. I can’t even use or search or connect to server. It shown “safari can’t connect to the server.
Before download that application I download google chrome but I can’t even open it because Unarchiver. I might delete some files. Was the problem of Unarchiver?
Please help me I can’t use my MacBook Pro. Now I use iPad to write questions.
Thanks and regards,
Suebpongsang Y.
Thank u, that was very helpful
You're welcome.
This was a great help. I have been having trouble all week getting my mail and having my search engine hijacked and this fixed the problem. Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
Sometimes it takes more than one scan to catch everything. Hopefully, it caught them all now.
Oh my god, thank you so much! this has drove me insane for the last two hours now removed
Hope it works!!!
I ran Malwarebytes multiple times without any success. Yahoo is monster and I wonder why Google has not responded to the problem.
Here are manual removal directions, do not download any other so-called "cleaners" they can do more harm than good.
Couldn't agree more! Come on Google, help us out!
I'd never suggest using any of those antivirus or so-called "cleaners", but Malwarebytes is safe and recommended by Apple Support Reps to remove malware from your Mac.
It worked immediately
thank you
Yahoo search engine virus
