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Bing seems to have hijacked my google chrome browser. How do I get it to stop and just use google again? I have used the disk utility and everything works and I have removed extentions on chrome. Help.
MacBook Pro
As y_p_w has already suggested, that is a classic symptom of adware, usually picked up by downloading from hosting sites that offer free software, fonts, or ringtones that should be payware anyplace else. The site owners make money by adding adware or other undesirable files to the "free" downloads. It's one of the oldest scams in the book.
You can remove adware manually but it requires a certain knowledge of the macOS file structure. Just clearing browser caches and cookies won't get all adware variants. The easiest way for novice users to rid themselves of adware is to use the only third-party removal tool most of the senior contributors here trust—MalwareBytes. We trust it because we know and have worked with the developer, who has also been a valued contributor to the Apple forums.
To avoid more adware, download ONLY from its developer's site: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac
You manually run the free version to find and delete adware and other known-bad files. The paid version runs in the background to intercept incoming adware, very useful if you cannot resist habituating the "free software" sites.
As y_p_w has already suggested, that is a classic symptom of adware, usually picked up by downloading from hosting sites that offer free software, fonts, or ringtones that should be payware anyplace else. The site owners make money by adding adware or other undesirable files to the "free" downloads. It's one of the oldest scams in the book.
You can remove adware manually but it requires a certain knowledge of the macOS file structure. Just clearing browser caches and cookies won't get all adware variants. The easiest way for novice users to rid themselves of adware is to use the only third-party removal tool most of the senior contributors here trust—MalwareBytes. We trust it because we know and have worked with the developer, who has also been a valued contributor to the Apple forums.
To avoid more adware, download ONLY from its developer's site: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac
You manually run the free version to find and delete adware and other known-bad files. The paid version runs in the background to intercept incoming adware, very useful if you cannot resist habituating the "free software" sites.
avcland Said:
"Bing has high jacked my chrome browser: Bing seems to have hijacked my google chrome browser. How do I get it to stop and just use google again? I have used the disk utility and everything works and I have removed extentions on chrome. Help."
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Clear the Temporary Internet Files:
avcland Said:
"Bing has high jacked my chrome browser: Will that work for chrome as that's where the issue is, not on safari"
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No. Not for Chrome. If you are looking to use Chrome again, and not Safari, go here from Chrome: Clear, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome - Google
Bing is a search engine and you can change to a different one quite easily. If using the Chrome browser:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95426?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
All web browsers include the option to set up a search engine and/or to change to another.
babowa wrote:
Bing is a search engine and you can change to a different one quite easily. If using the Chrome browser:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95426?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
All web browsers include the option to set up a search engine and/or to change to another.
There are some weird default search engine hijacks where it quickly reverts back to the hijacking URL/search engine. Frustrating as heck. Haven't seen it with a Mac though. It's usually from some sort of Trojan horse malware.
avcland wrote:
This is a far more difficult issue that just choosing a different browser. Everytime I use google, it flips to bing. Feels like malware or something.
Yeah - I've seen it - on a PC though. Sometimes the only way is to completely uninstall and clean up all setup files. Then reload.
It's unlikely that Bing did that. But often it's some company that tricked the user into approving its link to a search engine where it gets a monetary cut.
How do I get it to stop?
Will that work for chrome as that's where the issue is, not on safari
Can you post the exact link it gives?
But this describes things to try.
This is a far more difficult issue that just choosing a different browser. Everytime I use google, it flips to bing. Feels like malware or something.
Bing has high jacked my chrome browser
