Q: Safari Search preference changes
At th suggestion of Apple's customer relations folks a while back, I changed my Safari search preference to DuckDuckGo.com and was quite pleased with it. However, I now have some kind of malware on my iMac that I cannot get rid of and I think it affects the search engine choice. By example, when I choose a new window, a kind of blank Search window appears...neither DuckDuckGo, Google nor Yahoo. I cannot get the search preferences to be recognized. That malware is labeled, "OSX.Genieo." I have Malwaresbytes anti-malware software, and it will help me clear all malware except this one.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), Safari 9.1, Photo 1.0, iTunes 12.3
Posted on Sep 10, 2016 1:10 PM
Please search your application folder for any suspicious application.
Finder > Applications
Please run EtreCheck and post the report here.
Download it, open Downloads folder, click on it to open, and then select ”Open”.
Click on the bouncing EtreCheck icon in the Dock.
“Choose a problem” from the popup menu box, and then “Start EtreCheck” in the dialog.
Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” .
Posted on Sep 11, 2016 10:35 AM