I have a late 2013 13' Macbook Pro with the same problem. It's only Safari, not Chrome. I just updated to Mojave. I did try Bing, making it my default for a little while, but didn't like it. I must have 'tried' something malicious.I've tried:- Removing add ons from all browsers.- Deleted firefox.- Had a look at recent applications and deleted anything not crucial.- Reviewed old applications and cleaned house.- Changed within Safari back to Google - not working.Nothing works and not seeing a lot of solutions other than to buy macbook cleaner and I'm not really sure that would work so waiting on some solid advice. I have a late 2013 13' Macbook Pro with the same problem.
It's only Safari, not Chrome. I just updated to Mojave. I did try Bing, making it my default for a little while, but didn't like it. I must have 'tried' something malicious.I've tried:- Removing add ons from all browsers.- Deleted firefox.- Had a look at recent applications and deleted anything not crucial.- Reviewed old applications and cleaned house.- Changed within Safari back to Google - not working.Nothing works and not seeing a lot of solutions other than to buy macbook cleaner and I'm not really sure that would work so waiting on some solid advice. Trovi.com for a flash and that seems to be in Israel.YES that's a virus of some kind.
It's main intent is likely to harass apple users and ruin it's value rather than do actual damage.Make sure you have 'accept only apps from app store' set in settings. Make sure you tell safari NOT to install any plug-ins. There is an internet wide attack on apple (Player.dmg) which claims to be 'an adobe flash update' which of course is a virus. (your flash update is in Mojave - never ever update safari unless the plug-in is found on apple.com or app store). I regularly get Player.dmg in my Downloads folder WITHOUT asking for any such thing (it doesn't install because i have installs turned off). I'M RELATIVELY SURE GOOGLE CORPORATION IS SPREADING THE VIRUS, because it always comes from random google ads embedded in web sites: and google has the 'motive' to ruin apple's business - they are a foreign competitor.Safari - Clear History.
Oct 15, 2018 How to Clean Your Mac 2019 - Duration. This video is a guide how to remove Weknow.ac from Google Chrome on MAC OS. Brief removal steps 1. How To Remove Adware and Malware From Your Mac. Once updated, three apps were installed on my laptop and SearchMine was set as the browser on both google chrome and safari. I called Apple and was able to remove the apps and remove SearchMine from safari. I deleted Google Chrome and reinstalled, however, SearchMine is still the browser on google chrome.
Check again: problem might be gone. Check settings-plugins and delete any plugins. Check again.log in as 'guest' and run safari. You'll likely see the problem isnt' there. That means it's all within /Users/username/Library (program preferences. You can delete the folder it gets re-created BUT it has your Photos, Mail, and maybe other user files in it - so be careful and have a backup). There are other reasons apple and unix people (ie, GNU Linux) doesn't suggest virus protection software:if your system works well - you won't get viruses (unless you install Player.dmg because you chose unwise auto-install from internet option)you have the Privilege of a fine system with regular updates.
Most viruses are wiped out by updates (intently). Your system (unlike a PC) can be factory restore with just an internet connection (and by a boot usb if still required) - and restoring almost surely wipes out a virus.if your somewhat smart but lazy to do un-necessary things, your going to use your Unix system and never see or hear a virus, and thus not seek any remedy for it. You also know 'virus protection people' have a tendancy to be related to the same people making viruses and dont' trust them 🙂so there you go: check apple's support pages and you'll see i'm not lying - they don't suggest virus protectors and don't make one and don't sell one. They do not tell you 'do not install one', but they never say 'you should'in the end Apple would rather fix a few apple that a factory restore couldn't fix than bother with continual energy waste and time waste of messy virus checkers (which btw often delete essential files for no good reason). But guess what: i bet it hasn't happened once! You're wrong.
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