Is http://search.anysearchmanager.com legit

No, it is not legit.

1. Launch System Preferences in the Dock.

Do you see any “Profiles’ listed?

If so, click it to open the Profiles pane.

Select the entry in the sidebar, and then click the “-“sign at the bottom.

Set your Home Page. https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/set-your-homepage-ibrw1020/mac

Choose a search engine. https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/customize-your-search-ibrwe75c2a3c/mac

2. If the step written above doesn’t help, use Malwarebytes for Mac to remove malware.

https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/mac/

Download, install , open, and run it by clicking “Scan” button to remove adware.

Once done, quit Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac.

Install guide: https://support.malwarebytes.com/docs/DOC-1817

Uninstall Guide: https://support.malwarebytes.com/docs/DOC-1190

The installer may ask you to allow it in System Preferences > Security & Privacy. Allow it.

Reselect your search engine, reset homepage and disable all extensions and test.

Restart your Mac.

Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items. Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Clear History…. The down side is it clears all cookies. Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db and move it to the trash.

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.

Safari Corruption See post by Linc Davis

Safari Reset

If that doesn't work, try running this program in your normal account , then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. On the screen with Options, please open Options and check the bottom 2 boxes before running. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy Report” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown.

Etrecheck – System Information

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Anything that keeps popping up is probably not legit.

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