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Tom Straw Author

Level 1

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Safari redirects to malicious sites

Can someone help me clean out Safari redirects I am getting to unwanted sites? Yesterday I got duped into 3rd party Adobe update which put Advanced Mac Cleaner virus on my MacBook pro. Thanks to Apple Community I was able to uninstall AMC (I think), but I am now getting relentless redirects on Safari to suspicious sites warning me about viruses on my Mac, updating MCAfee, etc., etc. I close their tabs, but they come back again and again.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5), iPhone 3G; iPad

Posted on Mar 16, 2018 10:37 AM

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macjack

Level 10

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Posted on Mar 16, 2018 1:46 PM

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 ).

Then go to Safari Preferences > Extensions and check there. If there is an extension delete it.

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.

EDIT: Also be sure to clear your History or any of those urls in the History. Also, it may not be a bad idea to run Malwarebytes just to be sure.

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