Safari is using a web browser called thesmartsearch.net. I never set this up let alone heard of it until safari started using it. I have tried to get it back to google but it still uses thesmartsearch. I also tried resetting safari, but it seems that Yosemite no longer has that function. Anyone else have this problem? Anyone know what i can do to to try and change it?
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
1. Use free AdwareMedic by clicking “Download ” from here
http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php
Install , open, and run it by clicking “Scan for Adware” button to remove adware.
Once done, quit AdwareMedic by clicking AdwareMedic in the menu bar and selecting
“Quit AdwareMedic”.
or
Remove the adware manually by following the “HowTo” from Apple.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987
2. Safari > Preferences > Extensions
Turn those off and relaunch Safari to test .
Turn those on one by one and test.
3. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine :
Select your preferred search engine.
It worked!
Thank you so much!
Thank You !
Many thanks, saved my life because my son was fed up with all the incessant pop ups, looked like the MacBook Pro was about to fly across the room.
Worked without any fuss or bother, I will also be donating to Adware Medic.
Thanks again.
Hi there,
I'm having the same problem but the browser I use is Google Chrome. A MplayerX got downloaded onto my macbook and while I've managed to delete it, my browser is still using thesmartsearch.net. Can you help me switch it back to google? Or at least, get rid of it?
Thanks,
Sophia
Oh gosh!! Thank you! You saved my life.... the hijacker is so annoying and it distracts me from doing anything........ I intended to watch superbowl online and fell into this dame trap... I believe there will be lots of people like me ...especially tonight.
This helped sooo much! Thank you. It was driving me insane!
thaaaank you!!
you are seriously a lifesaver!
Thanks dominic23, you are a lifesaver!
Thesmartsearch.net?!?
