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Does your Google Chrome search engine automatically switch to Yahoo? It could be the Yahoo search redirect virus. Here're 8 ways to fix this.
If your browser homepage and search engine keep mysteriously changing to Yahoo!, your computer is probably infected with a browser hijacker. While resetting your browser might seem to fix the problem, here's how to do the job properly.
When your search engine keeps changing to Yahoo, it's most likely a virus, and you can fix it by resetting your browser. Here's how.
I know how to fix this, You go to chrome settings and go to Search engines then remove the search engine that is a virus. (This is on chromebooks)
Whenever I open a new Chrome window or tab, in both a regular window and incognito window, instead of binging me to the google search page, it brings me directly to the yahoo search page. Whenever I go to do a search it always defaults to Yahoo.
To remove Yahoo search from Chrome, go to Settings > Search Engine > Manage Search Engines. Set a different search engine like Google or DuckDuckGo as the default, and in the options for Yahoo, click "Remove From List" to delete it from Chrome entirely.
To do this, click the Google Chrome menu button again. Open the settings. Switch to the menu item Extensions on the left. The Yahoo extension is listed here. Use the Remove button to remove the extension. In the pop-up, confirm the action by clicking the Remove button. Check to see if you have any other Yahoo Search extensions installed and ...