Safari changing homepage!
Safari keeps setting my homepage to a yahoo search engine. I am unable to change it under preferences, as it will not let me - its "greyed out" and un-clickable. Any ideas on what to do?
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
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Safari keeps setting my homepage to a yahoo search engine. I am unable to change it under preferences, as it will not let me - its "greyed out" and un-clickable. Any ideas on what to do?
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
Safari Homepage setting greyed out
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.
Safari Homepage setting greyed out
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.
Thank you for the information! I did the malware, did not help. I do not have any extensions, those were deleted last time this happened, which was before the Catalina update. I still have the redirect. Below is the link that I keep getting redirected too.
You are welcome. Did you check Safari/Preferences/General to see what your Home Page is set to?
If necessary, follow the manual instructions. Do not download any other programs that are listed in the articles.
I did, my homepage is set to google. I will try this, fingers crossed!
Update - the webpage would not open.
Last update.
I reached out to Apple Support. I had a malware hidden in my applications and in settings/profiles.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD MAC PRO CLEAN UP or APOLLO SEARCH
Safari changing homepage!