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I accidentally gave wow.com permission and it hijacked my Safari. I looked for the application and can not find. How do I get rid of this?

OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 18, 2018 10:57 AM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2018 1:48 PM

In that case, go to Safari>Preferences>Websites and look to see if you have any plug-ins installed. Disable them (along with your extensions—all of them), change your homepage to a site that you trust like Apple or Google (go to Safari>Preferences>General and edit that little box), quit Safari, restart your computer, and then re-open Safari. Let me know if that works!

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Feb 18, 2018 1:48 PM in response to wooohiotribe

In that case, go to Safari>Preferences>Websites and look to see if you have any plug-ins installed. Disable them (along with your extensions—all of them), change your homepage to a site that you trust like Apple or Google (go to Safari>Preferences>General and edit that little box), quit Safari, restart your computer, and then re-open Safari. Let me know if that works!

Feb 18, 2018 10:58 AM in response to wooohiotribe

Force Quit Safari ( command + option + esc keys).Then restart Safari holding the Shift key. If you still have problems Empty Caches (Safari menu > Preferences > Privacy > Remove all website data. (This will also remove history if you do not want to remove History open Safari Preferences > Advanced and check mark “Show Develop Menu” then choose “Empty Caches” from Develop Menu ) If the problem persists download and run MalwareBytes. Malwarebytes was developed by one of our own colleagues here in ASC and is about the most proven anti-malware software for Mac.

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