Removing Searchmine from safari is not working

Infected operating system
macOS big sur 11.2.1
Infected device issues
The home page says it is Google.com but it keeps redirecting to searchmine

GaryG

New Member
Thread author
Feb 26, 2021
1
Please help ... I have tried several times, with tips from several sites and can not get searchmine out of safari.
 

Balrog

Level 6
Verified
May 5, 2015
264
Hello. Do the following:

In Finder go to Library in your user's profile. In Library folder go to everyone of this folders and delete the bold ones:
Safari folder (holds bookmarks, history, download history, site icons)
Caches> Safari folder
Caches>Metadata> Safari folder
Cookies> Cookies.plist file
Preferences> com.apple.safari.plist file
 

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