After being installed, these unwanted apps will ask for access to control Safari.app or another web browser (such as Chrome).
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However, the program associated with this infection can hardly be noticed on Mac without professional antivirus because these rogue programs typically are named as legitimate Mac tools. Users infected with redirect virus typically notice an unknown URL popping-up in the address bar after entering a search query via Chrome or Safari URL bar. It is believed that cybercriminals are using high-reputation cloud networks to bypass antivirus detection and blacklisting. The hijacker then causes series of intermediate visits to known malicious domains or pages hosted on Amazon Web Services. The redirect chain starts when the user enters a search query into URL bar. Cybersecurity experts name several apps triggering these redirects, latest ones being Spaces.app, ScreenCapture.app, ScreenSaver.app and others. This potentially unwanted program mainly targets to hijack Google Chrome and Safari browsers.
Search Baron virus is a persistent Mac browser hijacker that initiates intermediate redirects to and related domains before landing the user on Bing search results.
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