A relative of mine has a Bing-redirect infection in both Safari and Firefox, on his Mac running Mojave; his Google searches in the address bar are redirected as Bing searches.
In looking at how to eliminate this without destroying Safari's contents, I've seen recommendations on installing applications thats scan macOS for malicious processes (ex. CleanMyMac X); however, as a long-time Mac user, I avoid this stuff like the plague, because it honestly sounds to me like malware in and of itself. (I admit, though, that I have never had to deal with this on any of Macs, and so I am not necessarily the authority on the legitimacy of cleaners for macOS.)
Might there be a better way of dealing with this, or is this a full-blown malware infection whose removal requires something akin to the aforementioned software?
In looking at how to eliminate this without destroying Safari's contents, I've seen recommendations on installing applications thats scan macOS for malicious processes (ex. CleanMyMac X); however, as a long-time Mac user, I avoid this stuff like the plague, because it honestly sounds to me like malware in and of itself. (I admit, though, that I have never had to deal with this on any of Macs, and so I am not necessarily the authority on the legitimacy of cleaners for macOS.)
Might there be a better way of dealing with this, or is this a full-blown malware infection whose removal requires something akin to the aforementioned software?
