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WCNEO

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Please help this is driving me crazy! I had a search page maleware program I discovered and deleted it. It kept on redirecting me to a fake Yahoo search page when I went on Google, now that I deleted it I can not connect to any website even though my wifi is connected. My other devices work and connect fine to the wifi.

I have a Macbook 13’ Mid 2012, running Siera High. I tried Chrom, and Safari and it get’s “can’t connect to server.” I have run a Maleware pass from a Malewarebytes app. I had on the machine and nothing was detected. i then deleted the app. from what I read it may block my internet access but still it did not work. Please help!
 
Might be DNS related. Check this out and follow the steps for your OS.

You might also check your DNS settings in Sys Prefs and change them manually, to google or perhaps OpenDNS and see what you get.

More info here.
 
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You can also delete your network configuration prefs, and re-do those by setting up your Mac's network connection.
Go to /Library/Preferences, then the SystemConfiguration folder.
Delete the file "NetworkInterfaces.plist"
Restart your Mac.
Open your Network pref pan, and choose your own network (Wi-Fi or Ethernet). Add your favorite DNS servers, I suppose - but you don't need that to test your new internet connection.
 
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