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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

Posted on Dec 11, 2019 12:15 PM

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Posted on Dec 11, 2019 7:00 PM

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.

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Dec 11, 2019 7:00 PM in response to Mississippi-Hippie

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.

Dec 11, 2019 10:06 PM in response to Eric Root

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.


http://search.searchpulse.net/?_pg=9C12A1D2-565C-5A93-B112-E3AB61A81877&affid=dhm_A0J95_set_bsf_T&type=t&pid=dhm

Safari changing homepage!

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