Yahoo Redirect Virus on Mac

It's really way simpler than all these answers...Go to preferences>click on the search tab>and switch the search engine to Google...that's all it takes.

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Try going to Safari/Preferences/Extensions and disable all extensions. Quit Safari, reopen, and see if the problem is solved. If so, enable extensions one or two at a time until you find which extension is causing the problem.

andy banx wrote:

I ran Malware bytes and it found some problems, but yahoo still pops up as the first tab in chrome when I open it. any ideas?

Malwarebytes removes adware, but won't change your browser settings for you, and the adware may have changed your home page and search engine settings. Did you try to fix those settings? If not, do so now.

None of the answers solve my problem. I have installed the Apple support recommended Malwear, I on have one extension on my Safari and my search engine says google and always has said Google. I am still invaded by Yahoo

GONE!! 😀

I get rid of a yahoo virus that keeps redirecting my google search engine which is

set as a default to Yahoo

but i try couple of step from which in btw it gone

1st

i removed the link from shortcut from chrome

2nd

Google Redirect Virus - Fix Google Redirect Virus Manually - YouTube

after these

also i search manually in C;/ with finder "search.yahoo"

i find some file i deleted it

that all i think I done and then MISTAKENLY chrome was open and i type google.com in chrome and search instead of firefox And No redirecting XD

i still Do NOT understand what was problem it casueing?!

maybe it will help u something

{Ik i posting old thread but problem solution was not there that y i posting|}

problem SOLVED!!! 😀

Yes - that works if you want to use Safari and have Google as your search engine. But not if you are in Google Chrome and want Google as your search engine! No matter how many times I change the preferred search engine to Google (in Google Chrome Prefs) is does not work! Grrr!

These aren't viruses. It's adware. This is how is gets installed: How to install adware

This link contains instructions for manual removal. You can however also use the free and safe AdwareMedic. (Don't forget to read the Alert at the top of that page.)

There is no need to download anything to solve this problem.

You may have installed one of the common types of ad-injection malware. Follow the instructions on this Apple Support page to remove it.

Back up all data before making any changes.

One of the steps in the article is to remove malicious Safari extensions. Do the equivalent in the Chrome and Firefox browsers, if you use either of those. If Safari crashes on launch, skip that step and come back to it after you've done everything else.

If you don't find any of the files or extensions listed, or if removing them doesn't stop the ad injection, ask for further instructions.

Make sure you don't repeat the mistake that led you to install the malware. It may have come from an Internet cesspit such as "Softonic" or "CNET Download." Never visit either of those sites again. You might also have downloaded it from an ad in a page on some other site. The ad would probably have included a large green button labeled "Download" or "Download Now" in white letters. The button is designed to confuse people who intend to download something else on the same page. If you ever download a file that isn't obviously what you expected, delete it immediately.

Malware is also found on websites that traffic in pirated content such as video. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect more of the same, and worse, to follow. Never install any software that you downloaded from a bittorrent, or that was downloaded by someone else from an unknown source.

In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.

Still in System Preferences, open the App Store or Software Update pane and check the box marked

Install system data files and security updates

if it's not already checked.

This link contains instructions for manual removal.

Thanks for that, Esquared. I went into Firefox’s Tools down to Add-ons and removed the malevolent gremlin, so now I no longer see the pesky “Y” word when I want to look for something. My Google search engine has regained its supremacy in my MacBook, and from now onwards I’ll try to avoid the “Y” word like the plague.

Only the devil knows how my trouble started (it seemed to be after an out-of-his-depth technician fiddled with my computer for unrelated issues), but you’ve solved it for me.

Not that simple at all when adware keeps changing the user settings. From the very first line in the first post:

I have google set as my default search engine…

@ achaker

Simplest thing to try first is what Linc already suggested. Open Safari's preferences and click on the Extensions tab. Disable all of them. Turn them on one at a time and test. If the problem returns, that's the extension causing the problem. Disable it again and remove it.

IT worked for me after months of ping to Yahoo. I check all the other spots listed above and none of those things were there. As soon as I changed the search engine all is right for me