Windows 10: How to get rid of Yahoo pestilence?

Hi guys (and gals),
Google is my default homepage, but when I type in a search term, I get the Yahoo Search results page. I don't want Yahoo Search!
I removed it from Chrome Settings (it was there right under Google but not as default), did a restart, and the Settings overview says "The default browser is currently Google Chrome".
I also looked into the Registry. No Yahoo there, or any other unfamiliar file.
Control Panel: not in the Programs list.
I tried Malwarebytes and get a Clean result. I downloaded another one, but Norton intercepted it as Dangerous.
Can you tip me for another removal tool?

:)

 

How can I get rid of Yahoo?

Hi Barbara. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 8 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

Change the search engine in your Browser to Google. While in Settings check Add-ons or Extensions for anything Yahoo that's lodged there to disable it.

Next check programs at Settings > Apps & Features to uninstall any Yahoo.

Download, install and run a full scan with Malwarebytes and AdwCleaner which are the best on-demand scanners right now. After install you can turn off the MB Premium trial in its Account settings:

Free Anti-Malware & Malware Removal

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcle...

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.

 

How can I get rid of Yahoo?

My search engine is supposed to be Google. Yahoo keeps popping up. How do I get rid of Yahoo?

 

I don't use Google Chrome but here are instructions for setting your search engine in Edge
Set your default search engine - Computer - Google Chrome Help

Here's another one Make Google your default search provider – Google

I would imagine you will see Yahoo as your search engine, but once to change it, Yahoo shouldn't be bothersome anymore

 

I did all that, MAMC.
Yesterday I discovered Yahoo in the Chrome settings and removed it. All there is left now is the Google engine, and it's marked Default. I don't know if Edge has its own config for this, sometimes a popup asks me to make Windows explorer my default browser, which I click away.
I replaced the old shortlink in the Bookmarks bar for a new one (Google Search is not my standard homepage), but to no avail. But mind you; Yahoo pops up only after I type a search term in my Google Search. That's not okay. So I smell a little hack.

 

You could do a search for BHO or Toolbar cleaner, and see if that helps. (I don't use Chrome).

 

Something fishy here. Try a scan with AdwCleaner.

AdwCleaner - Free Adware Cleaner & Removal Tool

 

This may be way out on a limb, but light off IE, go to Settings>Manage Add-ons. Click on ALL Add-ons. Might surprise you what's in there and how it affects other apps.

Good luck...

 

Bree, that's what I did. Must admit, it was the trial version.
Okay, I'll give all options a go.

 

@CW Gilley,
Nothing to see there. I mean, my ME is like a virgin, to speak with Madonna. I never used it so far.
@dalchina,
"Tool Bar cleaner = Unsafe", courtesy Norton Security...
And what is HBO? According to Yahoo (ha!) "Help a Brother Out"...

 

That was BHO. (Browser helper object)

I did say 'A toolbar cleaner' I.e. there (used to be) tools either separately available or part of a utility suite to remove such things. If that's what this is related to of course.. unknown at this point.

Here's an extremely detailed guide related to yahoo ... it may be of interest, but also seems rather extreme - rigorous- at first glance.
Remove Yahoo Toolbar and search.yahoo.com (Removal Guide)

Simpler one to try here initially:
How to Remove Yahoo Toolbar | Techwalla.com

 

@dalchina,
There is no Yahoo Toolbar and the extensions/add-ons overviews are empty. As yet I haven't even activated a Bookmarks bar.
It's also odd because I never searched with Yahoo, I haven't downloaded any software lately save for things like a Mailchecker and Irfanview (image editor) Okay, I downloaded a few gyphies. Can they be contaminated with something?

 

Some software comes with add-ons- which you might have installed inadvertently.

 

Found it.
All the time I was searching in Edge, just now I saw at the bottom of the Google Chrome add-on list

Have no idea what it is, but it was checked. I unchecked it, and my searches went back to Google normal.
I'll wait a little while before I remove it from the list completely. Just curious to see if it re-activates itself, because I certainly didn't check that box.
Never mind, it's solved, and thank you all for thinking along! *Party

 

Default Homepage and Default Search Engine are two different things. To set your Search Engine preferences in Chrome, right click in the address bar and choose "Edit Search Engines" and choose Google as default. I couldn't tell from above whether you had done this or not.

C.B.