Q: How to get rid of a yahoo virus that keeps redirecting my google search engine which is set as a default to Yahoo!
I have google set as my default search engine and no matter what i do, as soon as i enter a subject in the address bar, it gets redirect to yahoo search engine which i don't like. I have tried doing all kinds of research to remove it and nothing seems to work. Also, I am not sure if these two viruses are related but Mackeeper also starting popping up all the time around the same time this started to happen. It opens up about 5 tabs on its own sometimes and i don't know how to fix that either. I am pretty sure that this is some sort of virus. If someone knows of the same problem and has gotten rid of it, please help!
Thanks
Posted on Nov 23, 2014 11:02 PM
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.)
Posted on Nov 24, 2014 12:53 AM
