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Yahoo Redirect Virus on Mac

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!

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Posted on Nov 23, 2014 11:02 PM

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SeattleSoul

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Posted on Nov 13, 2015 8:25 AM

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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really87

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Jul 24, 2017 12:19 PM in response to achaker

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!!! 😀

Aug 27, 2017 2:39 AM in response to SeattleSoul

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!

Kurt Lang

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Nov 27, 2015 11:09 AM in response to davidfromgolden valley

And why would you believe it's so difficult to do on a Mac? All you have to do is open Safari's preferences and choose the search engine you want your queries to open in:

achaker Author

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Nov 24, 2014 12:27 PM in response to Esquared

Thank you Esquared...i followed your advice and it really worked. This thing was driving me crazy for three days now.

Angie

achaker Author

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Nov 24, 2014 12:28 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you Linc, there was a lot of useful information on that page!

Angie

achaker Author

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Nov 24, 2014 12:29 PM in response to achaker

WOW, these forums are great...beats going to the apple store 😉!

Nov 13, 2015 9:42 AM in response to Kurt Lang

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

Kurt Lang

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Nov 13, 2015 9:46 AM in response to SeattleSoul

Can't complain when it works. 🙂 Sure wouldn't hurt for the OP to try. Though it seems something is redirecting all Google searches to Yahoo.

Nov 27, 2015 10:34 AM in response to Kurt Lang

There are no extensions on my wife's apple computer. Thank god I never bought an apple for myself. On a PC you can very easily disable unwanted search engines.