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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!

Thanks

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Posted on Nov 23, 2014 11:02 PM

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Sujax

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Dec 11, 2016 1:29 AM in response to hannah.e.k

I have downloaded and tried the antimalware but this hasn't resolved the problem. Anyone have any other suggestions?

I have also tried disabling the extensions. And that didnt help too?

Apr 20, 2017 6:10 PM in response to Esquared

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?

Apr 21, 2017 1:44 PM in response to thomas_r.

Yes, I fixed the settings.

The settings in Chrome show no extensions installed and no search engines other than google.

thomas_r.

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Apr 21, 2017 4:16 PM in response to andy banx

You don't mention the home page settings (called "On startup" in Chrome)... did you check that as well?

Apr 21, 2017 8:00 PM in response to thomas_r.

Ah! Now that has solved the issue! Thought I'd gone through every option, but I missed that one.

I appreciate your time thomas_r!

thomas_r.

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Apr 22, 2017 1:03 PM in response to andy banx

Glad to help!

JD181

Level 1

8 points

Jun 7, 2017 11:13 AM in response to SeattleSoul

Nope, my search engine has always said Google and never Yahoo but I still am invaided

Boot5784

Level 1

4 points

Jun 21, 2017 7:35 AM in response to achaker

By looking in Safari Preferences Extensions, I found a bit of software called custom quest. Removal of this item cured my problem

Aug 8, 2017 11:07 PM in response to Kurt Lang

Even when I do that and click google - yahoo still continues to be my search engine. How do I change it back to google?

Kurt Lang

Level 9

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Aug 9, 2017 5:32 AM in response to hiqtpie2412

It likely means you have something else installed that is changing it back. Adware is the most probable cause. Run MalwareBytes for Mac.

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rcress48

Level 1

4 points

Sep 29, 2017 6:32 AM in response to achaker

so what is the answer?

Yahoo Redirect Virus on Mac