Bing Redirect Virus on Mac

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I finally just removed my Bing redirect virus from my mac after 4 days of continuous researching and following all the advice I found online. Nothing worked except for one! I download the FREE version of Malwarebyes ( no need to buy the premium because the free version will remove it for you) and finally after using the app to scan and remove the threats and rebooting the computer, the virus was gone! I had previously purchased another anti malware app which still did not do the trick but this one is free. I can now happily use my Google search engine without having it redirect to Bing :)

The same thing happened to me and after manually trying to remove the redirect virus without success I finally called apple support who advised me to download Malwarebytes. I installed it and after a scan it found a few problems which it resolved after a restart of my computer. I inquired about it and Malwarebytes is apparently the only apple recommended software. Good luck!

I spent days trying to find a manual solution without having to install anti-virus. Save yourself the time and get malwarebytes for free, you will have the issue resolved in minutes. Malwarebytes is great for adware/malware removal, apparently not so good at stopping your computer from getting infected in the first place, but excellent at removing these nasties.

After days of trying every online DYI suggestion, I finally downloaded the free Avast Security app from Apple app store - not the paid version. I was not optimistic but the bing redirect was finally removed when I did the Mac Scan on the Avast app, and then as prompted clicked the button to resolve the issues it found. The Bing redirect is finally gone. This was a week ago and it hasn't reappeared.

Thank you thank you thank you, Eric Root for your recommendation of Thomas Reed's Malwarebytes. I was practically bald trying to remove a bloody Bing redirect and once I downloaded Mr. Reed's program = problem solved. Easy. Free. THANK YOU!

Update. May 2019. I just had this issue with the Bing Redirect and Malwarebytes did the trick. So grateful. Thanks!

Thank you, Eric Root!!!

I echo others' posts - Malwarebytes was fast and efficient, and very quickly cleared the problem.

Spent way too much time trying to remove Bing redirect and Mac Cleanup before finding your post.

Reading other blogs and e-magazine "best of antivirus software" articles, had tried manually going through to remove "questionable" files, extentions etc, then tried Avast - waited for long download, and long search, and it did remove some 'problem files' but Bing redirect still persisted!!! Hours of frustration. Then found your post - wish I had looked to the Apple community earlier.

Thank you thank you for your post, complete with the helpful links!!! Well done.

Use Malwarebytes and it isn't a mess that will take over your computer.

Ok so I got this virus literally like an hour ago and i was stressing about it for so long.

i figured out through many websites and replies that you need to open finder and go to the menu at the top of your screen. next to 'view' there should be a 'go' button. press on that and search for ~library/launchpad or something similar and there will be files that come up. move all of them to the trash and empty it. then restart your mac and it should be gone.

It actually worked using Malwarebytes..I was riddled by lame virus removal software ads but this was no wierd circles and easy and worked.

GENIAIO had something to do with it. Seen that a few times. Bing virus is an embarrassment for MSFT. They should be ashamed.

This works!!!

This has bedeviled me for weeks and I tried every piece of advice to no avail. Downloaded the app, did the scan, quarantined the offending code, removed the code, and uninstalled the app. NO MORE BING! Yeah!

Thanks very much for this. Worked a treat. I tried everything before this and was very wary of using malware software as I was fearful of adverse consequences. Highly recommended to get rid of Bing redirect.

Thank you so much for this! It’s this manual solution that worked for me! Going to launchagent and removing the plist files! The Malwarebytes software did find issues but deleting those wasn’t resolving it.

Christ that redirect was driving me insane!!!! It was only affecting chrome but that’s my most used browser.

So Happy it’s gone!!! Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for this!! I purchased another software before pulling this forum up. I got no where with that software called Bitdefender. They made it very complicated. I purchased it and after many tries to download the program it uploaded a VPN app instead....Submitting for refund.

I came here and downloaded your program and instantly got rid of my problem with the BING redirect virus.

Thank you so much!! I will always go to this mac forum first.