Hello,
My Macbook has been infected by seachpage malware.
After I try to delete it, I found my safari homepage is locked to searchpage.com.
I find many way to change it, but it sill be locked.
Do you have any suggestion to overcome this?
Thank you
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)
Go to system preferences / profile and delete the profile "set safari homepage..." using the - (minus) sign down the window. Then you can change the homepage!
Go to system preferences / profile and delete the profile "set safari homepage..." using the - (minus) sign down the window. Then you can change the homepage!
Did u try what federico87 suggested:
"Go to system preferences / profile and delete the profile "set safari homepage..." using the - (minus) sign down the window. Then you can change the homepage!"
try
Go to system preferences / profile and delete the profile "set safari homepage..." using the - (minus) sign down the window. Then you can change the homepage!
restart ur system once and
Go to system preferences / profile and delete the profile "set safari homepage..." using the - (minus) sign down the window. Then you can change the homepage!
stevejobsfan0123Sep 24, 2017 2:50 PM in response to Pruthvisena
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Sep 24, 2017 2:50 PM Re: Homepage of safari is locked and unable to change itin response to Pruthvisena
You probably have installed adware. You must remove the adware, THEN remove the profile, and it shouldn't come back. Try doing a scan with the free version of Malwarebytes: http://malwarebytes.org/mac.
You probably have installed adware. You must remove the adware, THEN remove the profile, and it shouldn't come back. Try doing a scan with the free version of Malwarebytes: http://malwarebytes.org/mac.
It should be under "utenti e gruppi" for you. Look for a profile you don't know
Safari – Home Page see post by thomas r.
Go to Safari Preferences/Extensions and turn all extensions off. Test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.
Have you tried this?
Go to system preferences / profile and delete the profile "set safari homepage..." using the - (minus) sign down the window. Then you can change the homepage!
I personally checked the problem, in this case it had to do with parental controls (on an administrator account...).
Just disabling them solved the issue.
okay, I've found something.
In this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5651631?answerId=24079497022#24079497022 there's a code line in Terminal that prevents changing the Homepage:
sudo dscl . mcxset /Users/USERNAME com.apple.Safari HomePage always -string "ADDRESS"
I've tried it out changing USERNAME for mine and ADRESS to "www.apple.com" and works properly after restarting the mac.
So if there's an option to block the HomePage adress in Safari, there might be a code line that unlocks it (I'm not a developer so I don't understand almost anything).
Thanks, Eric.
But I found that my safari has no extension installed now. So I can't test with your suggestion.
Do you have any idea about how to do next?
Works! Thank you federico87!
Homepage of safari is locked and unable to change it
