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searchmine.net junk software

somehow on my son's MacBook a searchmine.net app is always opened as his home page. It won't let me change the homepage via Safari preferences. How do I get rid of this junk software



Posted on Nov 26, 2019 12:12 PM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2019 12:42 PM

You may  have adware/malware installed. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later


Malwarebytes uninstall

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Nov 26, 2019 12:42 PM in response to CAUOmaha

You may  have adware/malware installed. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later


Malwarebytes uninstall

searchmine.net junk software

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