Strangely enough, I am getting two more weird behaviours for Brave hat have been happening for weeks now:
Even if my default search is Google, randomly, like thrice a day also, the search results are Yahooās. I donāt even have Yahoo in my search engines lists.
Even if I have my āask for downloading locationā activated, Brave is downloading everything to the āDownloadsā folder.
@CodoCoderson,
Very strange behavior.
Can you try creating a fresh profile (Menu --> Create new profile) and try browsing normally for a bit to see if you get the same results?
Yes, I will, Mattches, and tell you about it. Can I import anything from my profile, or will that ruin the experiment? Can I also install some safe extensions that I use constantly?
hi! non brave user here. iām having this same issue on google chrome and this is the only post iāve been able to find online talking about the exact same browser hijacker. let me know if you get it figured out!
I have the same issue in Chrome. Currently using the following extensions: BetterTTV, Social Fixer for Facebook, FFZ Add-On Pack, uBlock Origin and Unseen for Facebook.
Do you use any of these? @Blister and @CodoCoderson?
Tried this, updated my windows security run a full scan, also downloaded Malwarebytes and ran a full scan both with no results. Canāt be bothered to make a new profile so someone else can be the guinea pig for that.
Thanks. @jaybird, Iām sure youāre right, itās the extensions. The new user profile had no troubles at all. I will have a look at which could be the naughty one. I donāt use those ones people mentioned.
Now, how can we have a clue of which extensions are safe? Does anybody know about an antivirus for extensions or something similar?
This looks OK but I would also read up outside of WebStore reviews, etc. on any extensions youāre thinking of using prior to install. Many of them advertised as improving āconvenienceā are used for invasive tracking, malware, etc.
I think it may be the MeetingBird extension. I removed it and it fixed the Yahoo redirect problem. Iāve had this problem in the Chrome browser too. It was another CRM extension.
Also sent their support a note to let them know, so maybe the MeetingBird team will fix the issue.
Good that you found out, @Tiana However, Iām sure thereās more than one culprit: I didnāt have any of the extensions mentioned and still had the problem. I finally got it fixed after uninstalling several ones, but didnāt do a thorough test in order to see which was the naughty one.
It seems strange that Chrome doesnāt have a better control of whatās in its extensions marketplace. Iād love to know if thereās some online service/community/etc. which tests them.
Hi Guys,
So was able to remove the full take over but randomly discovered that the Yahoo Take Over Bug may still be happening. If I type in some nonsense with a .com it diverts to yahoo. Iāve cleaned out everything and ran a viral check. Iām thinking my next move is to go full Zoolander and see if the files are in my computer and/ or through my desk top out the window. Any thoughts?
However, Iām sure thereās more than one culprit: I didnāt have any of the extensions mentioned and still had the problem. I finally got it fixed after uninstalling several ones, but didnāt do a thorough test in order to see which was the naughty one.