This is weird. Safari prefs are set for a new tab to come up with Favorites. Bringing up a new tab shows Favorites for about 2 seconds and then the vanilla Google search page replaces it. Any advice?
Cheers
Mac Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.5)
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.
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.
Hi,
"Bringing up a new tab shows Favorites for about 2 seconds and then the vanilla Google search page replaces it."
That sounds like malware.
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Thanks - I'll give that a try too.
As an update, I downloaded and ran malwarebytes, which appears to have resolved the obvious symptoms: redirects to Google as well as misdirects from Safari to - in one example - the Downloads folder on disk. (I.e., a Desktop level window would come up instead of the usual Downloads folder.)
Now I'm hoping that there wasn't some sniffer implanted in Safari to grab logins and passwords.
You are welcome. If you see any unfamiliar extensions, delete them.
Thanks - giving it a try.
Google replaces Favorites in Safari new tab
