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Search pulse virus

How do I get rid of it? I downloaded Malwarebytes.com, scanned, deleted and restarted. It's still there.

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 24, 2019 8:58 PM

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Nov 25, 2019 10:04 AM in response to pjput

It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After scanning a couple of times, restart the computer and test.

Please do not download any programs from the websites below. Use the manual uninstall instructions.

https://macsecurity.net/view/273-search-pulse-home-searchpulse-net

https://www.bugsfighter.com/remove-home-searchpulse-net-mac/

https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=aaplw&p=search+pulse+remove+mac

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Nov 25, 2019 3:19 PM in response to Eric Root

now it’s fixed. The virus puts “profiles” in the system preferences and you have to delete them. They aren’t usually there, it was located next to the startup disk icon. I called support, they had me go into safe mode and then do it. Yay!

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Nov 25, 2019 6:56 PM in response to pjput

I'm glad you resolved the problem.

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