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How to get rid of "ANY SEARCH?"

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catchusifu
catchusifu
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Was required to upgrade adobe flash player after clicking on a link in order to view content. Got 3 other "apps" (one being mackeeper which AppZapper removed) and this "ANY SEARCH" thing which is now the first tab that appears when I open Firefox. The uninstall instructions are unclear. Please help me rid my computer (macbook pro running Yosemite) of this thing.

Was required to upgrade adobe flash player after clicking on a link in order to view content. Got 3 other "apps" (one being mackeeper which AppZapper removed) and this "ANY SEARCH" thing which is now the first tab that appears when I open Firefox. The uninstall instructions are unclear. Please help me rid my computer (macbook pro running Yosemite) of this thing.

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McCoy
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Hello catchusifu,

That "Any Search" is a browser hijacker, malware that you will of course want to get rid of.

See : https://howtoremove.guide/any-search-mac/

Go to the Firefox menu (≡) => Add-ons => Extensions

( Mac  : Command + Shift + A)

Look for anything unfamiliar - if you find one, remove it.

Next step : run malwarescans.

Further information can be found in this article : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. They all work differently - what one program doesn't pick up, the other might.

Especially for Mac : https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

And : https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-mac-os-x-virus/

Also see : https://macsecurity.net/view/187-remove-any-search-virus-from-mac