My homepage in safari was set to msn.com. Now when I go there it loads http://acer.us.msn.com/. Does anyone know how to remove this? I went to the "genius" bar at my local apple store and their solution was don't use msn.com. Not really what I was looking for. Anyone else have a problem with this hijack in safari? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Are you sure that's not just the msn website?
First, I typed in http://www.msn.com and I got the Acer page
Second, I did a google search and I still came up with acer page.
No. I don't think it's just the msn site. It's a known hijack on windows machines. Also, I don't have the problem with Firefox or on my iMac. Just on my macbook in Safari. I am looking for a way to remove the hijack.
spitar & chris --
I just went to msn and got the msn site.
I also have no internet apps, enhancers, extensions, or plugins, except for GlimmerBlocker.
Since both of you got the Acer site, I would look toward any extras that both of you have on your Macs.
Try troubleshooting the Safari .plist file.
Quit Safari. Open a Finder window. Select your Home Folder in the Sidebar on the left. It has a small house icon. Then open the Library folder then the Preferences folder.
Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop. Relaunch Safari.
Try the MSN site. If it loads correctly, move the .plist file to the Trash. If not, move the .plist file back to the Preferences folder.
If you are running v10.4.11 as your profile suggests, it can't be an Extensions issue as Safari Extensions aren't supported in Tiger.
Your ISP may be re directing your browser. Use Open DNS to avoid that.
Open System Preferences / Preferences then select the Network tab. Click the Advanced tab then click the DNS tab.
Enter these numbers exactly as you see them here.
Click +
208.67.222.222
Click +
208.67.220.220
Then click OK.
More about OpenDNS here.
Topic : Manually provided DNS server addresses are higher priority than DHCP's
Tried all your suggestions but alas no fix. 'Tis perplexing indeed. Thanks for your help.
I used to come up with the acer page but I changed my DNS settings to the google dns 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 and I'm not sure exactly how long it was like that but I changed it back and I get the regular msn. So my problem's solved.
how do I remove http://acer.us.msn.com/ hijack?
