Search Pulse

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

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

Safari Homepage setting greyed out 

See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8383375

I spoke with Apple Support as the above answer was correct but may not be sufficient:

Try the following:

1. Launch System Preferences. System Preferences > Profiles
2. Remove any profile you did not intend or do not recognize. Hint if its recent (i.e., date corresponds to when the malware took control of your browser) in terms of date and unsigned then remove it
3. Go back to your browser, select 'Preferences" and hopefully you can not set the homepage to the site of your choice
4. Look for the magnifying glass in the upper right, i.e., 'spotlight search' and type 'Activity Monitor". Double click to launch and look for a process with "search pulse" and then select this process, then select View from the Activity Monitor and select "Quit" which will kill this running process. The process may be called "https://search.searchpulse.net."
5. Quit your browser and relaunch and hopefully you will see the search.searchpulse.net removed

I spoke with Apple Support as the above answer was correct but may not be sufficient:

Try the following:

1. Launch System Preferences. System Preferences > Profiles
2. Remove any profile you did not intend or do not recognize. Hint if its recent (i.e., date corresponds to when the malware took control of your browser) in terms of date and unsigned then remove it
3. Go back to your browser, select 'Preferences" and hopefully you can not set the homepage to the site of your choice
4. Look for the magnifying glass in the upper right, i.e., 'spotlight search' and type 'Activity Monitor". Double click to launch and look for a process with "search pulse" and then select this process, then select View from the Activity Monitor and select "Quit" which will kill this running process. The process may be called "https://search.searchpulse.net."
5. Quit your browser and relaunch and hopefully you will see the search.searchpulse.net removed

Delete that Profile.

Are you running any anti - virus programs? Using a VPN?

Try the Safe Mode.

Safe Mode - About

Did you try the manual instructions? Did you check Safari/Preferences/General to make sure it isn't set as your Home Page?

I tried manually to remove search pulse on my mac but im locked out of changing home page and it doesnt bring search pulse up in extentions so cant see anywhere to remove it , ive got Malwarebytes installed but doesnt find anything on scan

I am not running any anti-virus programs. I must have downloaded the search pulse virus. I’ve tried all the steps to remove it. I can not get the homepage to change. The “set to current page is greyed out. I tried the new administration thing and got the same results. I started it in safe mode and it did the same thing. I’m going to try it again. After the second time I was able to at least get to the malewarebytes site. It still stops downloading.

I installed this and it did not work.

thank you seems to have gone now, fingers crossed it doesnt find its way back ,

I got rid of the search pulse but my computer won’t download the malewarebytes

What happens when you try? Error message(s)? See if it will download from the link below.

https://www.malwarebytes.com

It starts to go to the website but then freezes up

Try downloading it in another admin account. Then reboot into your normal account to run the program.