Your browser keeps on redirecting to the http://fuq.com website.
What is fuq.com?
fuq.com is an adult website that hijacks your web browser so you will be redirected to a fake search engine it is promoting. You also cannot easily change back it to your preferred search engine.
How did it get installed?
You may unwillingly run it from deceptive pop up ads, free software installers or other third-party file downloads.
Check if there are profile configurations recently added on your Mac that may affect how your mac and its installed apps works. It is not common to have a profile unless you create a personalized configuration for your mac computer. Malicious profiles are usually bundled from third party apps.
Go to > System Preferences > Profiles. You can skip this solution if there is NO Profiles in System Preferences. It means there is no installed or created Profile Configuration on your Mac.
Check and choose any profile that you did not set up. Select the profile, then click the button to remove it.
Before resetting, back up your favorites/bookmarks first. This will uninstall add-ons, delete browser history, reset your homepage and remove all custom settings.
Remove fuq.com with Trend Micro Antivirus One
It may take some time to go through every file, folder and browsers mentioned in all the steps listed above.
Trend Micro Antivirus One can protect your Mac from all potential risks and attacks, so you can enjoy browsing online.
It also provides real-time scanning and eliminates browser hijackers before they even leave a trace.
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Your browser keeps on redirecting to the http://fuq.com website.
What is fuq.com?
fuq.com is an adult website that hijacks your web browser so you will be redirected to a fake search engine it is promoting. You also cannot easily change back it to your preferred search engine.
How did it get installed?
You may unwillingly run it from deceptive pop up ads, free software installers or other third-party file downloads.
Check if there are profile configurations recently added on your Mac that may affect how your mac and its installed apps works. It is not common to have a profile unless you create a personalized configuration for your mac computer. Malicious profiles are usually bundled from third party apps.
Go to > System Preferences > Profiles. You can skip this solution if there is NO Profiles in System Preferences. It means there is no installed or created Profile Configuration on your Mac.
Check and choose any profile that you did not set up. Select the profile, then click the button to remove it.
Before resetting, back up your favorites/bookmarks first. This will uninstall add-ons, delete browser history, reset your homepage and remove all custom settings.
Remove fuq.com with Trend Micro Antivirus One
It may take some time to go through every file, folder and browsers mentioned in all the steps listed above.
Trend Micro Antivirus One can protect your Mac from all potential risks and attacks, so you can enjoy browsing online.
It also provides real-time scanning and eliminates browser hijackers before they even leave a trace.
