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Seems that my safari has been hacked

I can not, for the life of me, change the first page that safari starts on and right now, it defaults to this shady search "engine".... I wouldn't recommend clicking on it. But I want it gone and can't figure it out!!!


http://search.anysearchmanager.com/?_pg=C7765675-ADD7-5A99-BBC6-C581E23C0AEB&affid=A1ATP_set_bsf_T&type=t



MacBook Pro 15", OS X 10.11

Posted on Jan 5, 2020 10:53 AM

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Posted on Jan 5, 2020 11:53 AM

Check Safari/Preferences/General to see what your Home Page is set to.


Safari Homepage setting greyed out 


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





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Jan 5, 2020 11:28 AM in response to xtabx

 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.anysearch.net uninstall

Seems that my safari has been hacked

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