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a.akamaihd.net & Safari

Hi all. Last night I downloaded what I thought was a Flash plugin update (prompted by a legitimate site I visited) but it installed some kind of crazy 'Mac Cleaner' programme. I went through the usual process to delete and remove that but it left a strange search engine plugin on my browsers. I've removed it from Chrome & Firefox (which was easy) run a virus cleaner but it's still messing with Safari.

I've wiped Safari but when I go to preferences it still shows that my set homepage is http://search46107304-a.akamaihd.net/h?_pg=D7634BD9-F8A9-54E1-8E63-775A46B626FA

I've tried setting a new homepage (BBC News, Google, whatever) but, no matter what I do, it defaults to the above. I have no plugins installed and I just don't know what to do to either kill the malware completely or how to fix Safari. I even reinstalled MacOS and it's still doing it.

Anyhow, anyone got any ideas?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Mar 18, 2018 1:09 AM

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dominic23

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Posted on Mar 19, 2018 11:08 AM

Credit: thomas_r

The following procedure appears to solve the problem:

* In Safari, choose Preferences from the Safari menu.

* In the window that opens, click the General icon (if necessary)

* Enter your desired home page in the "Homepage" field, but DO NOT press return!

* At the top of the window, click any of the other icons (eg, Tabs, AutoFill, etc).

* You may see a prompt asking for confirmation for changing the home page. If so, confirm.

* Switch back to the General page and check to make sure the home page has been changed.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8018092

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