In Safari preferences my search engine is set to google, yet when I do a search the page says google for less than a second, as if I'm about to get results, then it switches to a yahoo search result.
Is this some kind of malware or parasite program? How do I make it stop?
Thanks in advance.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.1
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.
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
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/Preferences/General - see what the Home Page is set to. If something you don't recognize, see if you can replace it with something you want.
Safari menu/Clear History.
System Preferences and remove any Profiles you see.
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.
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
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/Preferences/General - see what the Home Page is set to. If something you don't recognize, see if you can replace it with something you want.
Safari menu/Clear History.
System Preferences and remove any Profiles you see.
Ok, thanks....just one question, do you think this was executed by Yahoo themselves? Seems they're the only one who benefit from this.
Also been getting this for the last few days....I've never even maxed this thing out running massive Logic sessions. This comes up when only safari is open.
Maybe related?
Well, I cleared the cache on Safari and that fixed the Yahoo redirect then ran Malwarebytes which said it detected something and removed it so hopefully that was the memory warning.
Thanks again, sir, you are greatly appreciated.
You have malware on the machine.
Awesome. Thanks for the info. I will get on it today.
You are welcome.
You are welcome.
My Google searches keep getting overridden by Yahoo.
