Remove Browser Hijacker SearchPulse

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Remove Browser Hijacker SearchPulse

I've just opened up Safari and the home page has changed to 'SearchPulse.net'.

I've been infiltrated by Malware before from irresponsibly downloading flash player without checking the legitimacy. However I haven't downloaded any software for months and always double check it's legitimacy after learning the hard way.

I can't understand where this malware has come from. More to the point, I can't get rid of it? Has anyone else had this issue who would be able to help me remove it?

I've gone onto activity monitor and found a few culprits, but i don't know how to delete them.

Some suspicious ones are 'Artemissearchdeamon' 'launchd' 'productevent'.

Theers in advance for any help.

Adie

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 2, 2019 11:18 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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685,257 points

Dec 11, 2019 9:48 AM in response to bjohnston

You are welcome. Did you try what is in the link below?

Safari Homepage setting greyed out

Home Page Locked - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8058186

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Answer 2

Eric Root

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685,257 points

Dec 10, 2019 1:28 PM in response to bjohnston

You are welcome. Did you read the link I posted? Try Safari/Preferences/Extensions and disabled all extensions. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Also check Safari/Preferences/General to see what your home page is set to.

Safari Homepage setting greyed out

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Answer 3

Dec 11, 2019 3:29 PM in response to Eric Root

Hi Eric,

I navigated to System Preferences/Profiles. There wasn't a profile for setting the Safari homepage, but there were a couple of Chrome profiles. I deleted both of them, since I don't use Chrome any more, and it appears to have worked. I also downloaded and ran Combo Cleaner; it didn't discover search pulse.net per se, but it did discover another malware program, which I deleted.

So, for now, at least, problem solved!

Thanks very much,

Bill J.

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Answer 4

Dec 10, 2019 1:09 PM in response to Eric Root

Hi Eric,

I've run Malwarebytes several times; it states that my iMac is "Clean!", but it's still not detecting search pulse.net. Any additional ideas? This thing is really aggravating.

Thanks,

Bill J.

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Answer 5

Dec 10, 2019 8:08 PM in response to Eric Root

Eric,

Thanks for your response. Yes, I did read your link. I've also looked at Safari/Preferences/Extensions, and search pulse.net is not there as an extension, so I'm stumped. I had earlier set my home page to Apple.com, but that is greyed out in preferences, and I can't select it or change it. Help, once again!

Thanks yet again,

Bill J.

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Answer 6

Eric Root

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Dec 11, 2019 6:55 PM in response to bjohnston

You are welcome.

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Answer 7

Eric Root

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Dec 2, 2019 12:31 PM in response to AdrianMahigan

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

Search.serachpulse,net uninstall

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