Mac Redirection to Wellaction, Safari keeps bouncing me to a site I am not looking for

[MadhaviS]

I have this infuriating virus on my Mac which redirects my results on Google to an additional site. I am working on OSX using Firefox. What is this. Several simple to fixes. Next I would observe if the tribulation happens in multiple users, so I would generate a test account and observe if I be able to reproduce the tribulations. The Safari has no tribulations additional than I have reset it anyway and cleared the entire private data on Firefox. The merely thing unchecked on together were passwords, might that be the tribulations.

[Pabloa]

Well, I be able to tell you it's not a virus, additional than as an alternative it's a browser hijack. The first thing is to open Safari, and observe if it does the similar thing. If it does, then it's in the system accumulation, if not, then it's merely in FireFox. If it does occur in Safari, then go to the Safari menu and choose "Reset Safari" and in the resulting box, create certain the whole thing has create certain mark, and then hit it off on reset. That is supposed to fix it. If it's merely FireFox, then you necessitate to locate where within FireFox there is a alternative to empty the accumulation, cookies, and several additional stored data, and do it.

[Sabastiaan]

I have cleared the entire confidential data including passwords. No modify. Tried reinstalling Firefox, no revolutionize there moreover. I feel similar to ditching Firefox altogether. Disaster, most recent night subsequent to a restart, the system has reverted to fundamental settings. The dock is unfilled of my programs, the entire custom settings have gone and most upsetting of the entire my mail has vanished. When restarting the program it prompts innovative set up. The entire my files come into view to be intact although, I am hoping that I be able to save my mail files. If I had a PC I would be convinced that I have a virus.

[Visala28]

What did you do previous to you restarted. Did you modify or reinstall anything. If you put something in the trash do not empty the trash you might necessitate it back. I hesitation you have a virus, additional than if you imagine you do download a virus program trail and do a scan. Did you generate an innovative user account, as that is what it sounds approximating is going on. Open your hard drive, then the folder users. There you determine to locate a folder for the entire users on the system and a shared folder. The folders are named subsequent to the user short name. The current user is the folder that looks similar to a house. If the house is not your account, then your stuff is extremely well, and you immediately necessitate to log into your account.

[teenQ]

The entire I have completed was to dump files in caches and preferences as suggested. I in addition trashed Firefox out of utilities and downloaded a fresh version or description. The entire my bookmarks had turned up although. Tranquil the redirect tribulations. Previous to restarting, I noticed mail behaving strangely. That was the reason for the restart. Preceding to that there was no change to anything I am able to imagine of. The first fixation that came to mind was the users account. It’s beneath my name so no relief from that. On the additional hand I encompass come across my mail files the thing is the innovative mail program does not desire to import them. I go to file, introduce mailboxes, mail for Mac osx, and chose my innovative pop mail files which are emlx files. The entire that occurs is that no Mac osx files originated.

[OS-X-10+]

First did you dump the complete preferences database or immediately the Mozilla or Firefox files in the preferences folder. Did you dump the complete accumulation database or immediately the Mozilla or Firefox files in the caches folder. why is Firefox installed in your Utilities folder. Applications might not run appropriately if they are not installed in the Applications folder. Let's, look at mail subsequent to this tribulations is fixed, (one thing at a time).