All Bing searches on Edge redirected to Yahoo (possible Malware?)

Question

I have noticed that all of my searches are redirected to Yahoo but run through a weird web address first. This happens regardless of whether I search from the web address box on the Edge browser or directly on Bing.com, I have even tested searches on Google.com - the same thing happens.

For instance, if I search "test", the bing web address redirects to this web address ( https://t.supersimplesearch1.com/searchn/pre/?n=69&q=test_ ) which then redirects again to search.yahoo.com

I installed no extensions at the time this happened and there's nothing installed out of the ordinary. Furthermore, I have checked that Bing is still showing as my default search engine.

Have also checked the Chrome browser and this is unaffected. 

I have tried to uninstall Edge on Windows 10, but that's not possible. So I clicked 'Modify' and 'Repair', but it hasn't fixed the issue.

I have also ran a scan via Norton 360 and Malwarebytes and no malware has shown up, though it must be there somewhere.

How can I resolve this? :(

Answer 1

Hello Carl414,

I'm John an Independent Advisor and a Windows user like you. I'll be happy to assist you today. When was the last time it worked properly?

Make sure to backup first your Edge Favorites

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/143983-how-...

Please try the following methods below.

1. Open Edge then paste this to the address bar

edge://settings/search

Press Enter

Search engine used in the address bar = select Bing(Recommended)

Click manage search engines

Find yahoo in the list then click the 3 dots next to it

Click Remove

2. Disable or Uninstall Edge extensions

Open Edge > Click 3 dots > Extensions

Please check if one of your Extensions is forcing your search to use Yahoo.

If this doesn't work, You may need to consider performing a Reset of Edge Chromium.

Open Edge then click 3 dots > Settings

Select Reset Settings > Restore settings to their default values

Click Reset

Restart your computer using Clean boot of Windows 10

**Perform a Clean Boot

Determine whether a background program or a software conflict is causing the issue.

Go to the search box > type MSConfig.

Select System Configuration > go to the Services tab.

Select and put a check mark on "Hide all Microsoft services" > Click Disable all.

Go to Startup tab > Open Task Manager > Disable all the unnecessary services running there. Restart your computer.

Kindly check the support article below for more details

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135...

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

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Answer 2

Thanks for your speedy response.

I disabled the extensions and established that one of them went rogue (Nucleus VPN). Though I have double checked and Microsoft has removed it from their site, so they must have had reports.

So all is resolved. Thanks for your help :)

Answer 3

Hello Carl414,

Great, I am happy that worked. If you do not have any concerns, feel free to mark only the response that helped you as most helpful and have a moment to rate my support I would appreciate it. This will help other people who are facing the same problem.

You are welcome. Stay safe and have a great day!

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Answer 4

Hey John,

I've been wrestling with this and your advice was bang on. I clicked on the three dots on top right; clicked on extensions and removed an extension that was there.

What I will say to the community is that the extension may not explicitly say "Yahoo" extension. Instead, the problem will be embedded into some other extension. For example- in my case it was some extension called "Nightfall Mode"....so you may have to keep trying one by one until this malware is removed.

thx again. Good luck everyone!

Answer 5

Works when following both steps with removing default and extensions.