Recently noticed that Yahoo has hijacked the search engine function on both Safari and Chrome. Went thru routines on Chrome to reset to Google, but it reverts back to Yahoo. On Safari, the Google search option cannot be chosen, and Yahoo is frozen as the choice. Tried free malware cleaner, but to no avail.
Very frustrating that an inferior search engine has hijacked a superior. Please kindly advise.
Mac Pro, macOS 10.13
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
See if the below helps. I would scroll down to the below or you might fall asleep.
Step 1. Eliminate Yahoo Redirect from Windows
Step 2. Delete Yahoo Redirect from Mac OS X
Step 3. Uninstall Yahoo Redirect from Internet Explorer
Step 4. Remove Yahoo Redirect from Microsoft Edge
Step 5. Erase Yahoo Redirect from Mozilla Firefox
Step 6. Get rid of Yahoo Redirect from Google Chrome
Step 7. Eliminate Yahoo Redirect from Safari
https://www.2-spyware.com/remove-yahoo-redirect-virus.html
Go to Safari Preferences/Extensions, uninstall any you don't recognize, and then turn all extensions off. Test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.
Yahoo hijacking browsers
