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some how yahoo has hijacked my google chrome home page. I can't seem to get rid of it. I used windows defender to scan it showed nothing, I've uninstalled google chrome and reinstalled still there I used malware bytes and cleaned it up nut it's still happening. no idea how too get rid of it. [Original tile: Browser Hijacker] Answer. LB. Le Boule.
Check at Settings > Apps > Apps & Features for any Yahoo to uninstall. Also check at Settings > Apps > Default Apps that CHrome is set as your default Browser. I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.
Feel free to contact us for any further assistance. We will be happy to help you. Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Hi Barbra, In the Windows search box type>Default Apps>Click on it>Then click on>Web browser>Change the default Browser by clicking on the one you want.
From here, you can remove Yahoo or select another search engine as the default by clicking on the three dots menu next to it. Here a screenshot below. I hope this helps.
regardless if the address bar is used to search or the search box, you can see it route through bing.com or google.com then display results under the banner of search.yahoo.com. Paste this path on the address bar and press enter. It will show your browser extensions, look for any extension that you don't remember installing.
Click on this button and it will come up with a dropdown box. Slick on ' Site Settings '. Once here, go to 'Search Engine'. from here mine said it had changed the main search engine to 'SecureSearch' that had the Yahoo logo. I clicked on it and it came up with a list to choose from. I clicked on Google as my main one.
Although searches can go through Bing if I use the windows key and search that way. It's not even a direct redirect when using Edge, it goes through two different sites before arriving at Yahoo. This is what I mean, DuckDuckGo leads just to DuckDuckGo, but using Bing will lead to redirects and ends up at Yahoo, google does the same.
When i try to search something on microsoft bing instead of getting a result on a bing tab i get a yahoo tab how do i get rid of it? This sounds like your default service engine is Yahoo, or the new tab opens Yahoo as the search function. - are you searching www.bing.com or via a new tab page?
Select the Menu (three horizontal dots in the upper right corner of the browser window) and select Extensions. From the list, select the extension related to the Yahoo Redirect virus and click on the Gear icon. Click Uninstall. If it doesn't work try to restore the edge from scratch. Click on the Menu and select Settings.
2. Perform a Clean Boot. Determine if a background program or a software conflict is causing the issue. Press Start then search and type: msconfig. Select System Configuration > go to the Services tab. Select and make sure to put a check mark on "Hide all Microsoft services". Click Disable all. Go to Startup tab > Open Task Manager > Disable ...