when i type into the search bar on safari, it comes up with a yahoo or bing search instead of google like it normally would do

When you go to search something in your search bar , and you click in the search bar at the top , a drop down menu should appear when it gives you suggestions on smart search right ? , well within those list of suggestions in the search bar their should be a little magnifying glass icon in the corner , click on that and another drop down box will appear, then you can choose your search engine preference e.g. bing , google , yahoo etc. click on your preference and it will use that search engine when you search in your search bar. Hope this helped.

I have the same problem. Most likely it came after I downloaded an app a few months ago and every time I change the home page when I open Safari a second time it changes to something like "www.only-search.com….." and the default browser stays on Google but when I type a search into the smart search field the results are from yahoo.

Also, I get crazy popups and a new tab will open if I click anywhere on a main page I am viewing. It is pretty annoying. I have disabled my extensions and that didn't help. I disabled the Java Script and that helps with the pop ups but not the new tab opening when I click on a page or the yahoo default search issue.

Go to Safari and on the top bar go to Safari > Preferences . then type http://google.com into it . for you it should currently say yahoo. If none of this works than go on Safari > Reset Safari

You have adware. you can do this.http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987 or if you have 10.7 or better. http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php

Check your Safari extensions, and if needed, disable them. If desired, click here and run the tool.

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Choose Preferences from the Safari menu and click on the Extensions tab.

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Also check your Safari general preferences, where you can set the default search engine.

you have to first check if you have any add ons installed that are doing this then if there isn't any go to settings and change it. ok 🙂

I used BitDefender today and it found four files that were unsafe. I just deleted them and now Safari is working fine. Maybe you can try a free anti virus app too.