# How to kill Yahoo! browser hijack

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-yahoo-browser-hijack/986014 "2023-06-23T22:57:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-yahoo-browser-hijack/986014/1 "2023-06-23T22:57:36Z")

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Chrome is my default browser. Browser windows with Yahoo! search icons appear when I click on a new tab. I’ve run Avast and Microsoft Defender and turned off Chrome extensions per online help, but the problem continues. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-yahoo-browser-hijack/986014/2 "2023-06-23T23:02:12Z")

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If you mean your search engine was changed, then you can do that in Chrome under settings \> search engine.

If you think there’s some malware in the browser, I’d also delete cache and cookies.

And of course, it also depends if this is a chrome mobile browser vs computer browser.

Let us know more and we can dig in deeper!

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-yahoo-browser-hijack/986014/3 "2023-06-23T23:03:27Z")

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Thanks. Computer browser. I’ve changed it in Chrome settings before, but it switches back. Wondering if this is a McAfee thing (not that I want it, but I can’t get rid of it).

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-yahoo-browser-hijack/986014/4 "2023-06-24T01:27:41Z")

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Check the extensions and delete any that you don’t recognize.

You can find it in "Menu → Extensions → Manage extensions

Also download Malwarebytes and AdAware (both from [Malwarebytes](https://www.malwarebytes.com/)). They can find any malware on the computer.