Description of the issue:
I just noticed that when I type text into the url bar for search it shows habrahabr(.)ru when matching some of those letters. (both google search and duckgogo) As if it is somehow bookmarked. But I can’t find the bookmark for this url. After Googling the url I see this is adware/malware. How do I completely remove Brave preference files? Are there any other places I need to be aware of? I did a malewarebytes scan and all come back clean. I only see how to remove on a Windows machine from some virus removal websites.
How can this issue be reproduced?
1.Ive deleted my Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware and did a fresh installation of Brave Browser. No plugins/extensions, no bookmarks and it is still showing up. I have a screenshot of this fresh installation.
Additional Information:
Doesn’t show on any other browser. I test chrome, firefox and safari. (I have all browsers installed for various reasons but brave is my primary browser)
Mac Version 10.13.6 High Sierra
OK, but it’s still an undesirable site to have pop up, and my guess is that if one is on the list, there may be more. Maybe that list needs to be screened not just for timeliness but for included malware sites?
@hnktong,
No worries – I was hesitant to go there myself
Also, note that we do this in such a way that the browser does not need to make a network request anywhere to find those top sites.
Well there are quite a few websites stating this site is or was malware at some point. If you Google “habrahabr(.)ru malware” you will see reference to this. These are the websites I found since I thought it was malware. Showing in my auto suggest when I had no reference to it at all felt like browser hijacking.
BTW I am putting (.) as to not link to the site in case it is malicious in some way.
