“Bing” search engine . How did I get it and I want rid !

[Eachandeveryday]

I use google chrome as my default browser
Suddenly this “bing “ thing has found its way onto my Mac and screwed me around . It’s a dreadful browser and the maps when I want them are terrible . I really want never to see it again

Help !

[Johnnytheboy]

Eachandeveryday said:

I use google chrome as my default browser
Suddenly this “bing “ thing has found its way onto my Mac and screwed me around . It’s a dreadful browser and the maps when I want them are terrible . I really want never to see it again

Help !

I can't answer how to get rid of it (as I'm not an Apple man), but it usually sneaks on to your system through an innocuous checkbox when installing an update to something.

[LordGrover]

Not sure Bing is a browser as such, just a search page/engine and utils like maps.
Reset default search and homepage to google.

ETA - didn't realize potential issue in post below.

[Amused2death]

https://macsecurity.net/view/226-bing-redirect-vir...

[The_Jackal]

Bing is Microsoft's attempt at Google's search.

[Eachandeveryday]

Well it’s horrid and looks cheap

And I want google back 😢😢😢


I think it came in via a adobe flash upgrade ?

Tried the methods abounded that I could . But not all . It’s still there ! Tried AVG free to see if it would remove . But no luck .


Thanks

[The_Jackal]

Cant you just Google, how to set default browser on mac?
The other option would be to reinstall Chrome and hope it has a box that says set as default.

[Johnnytheboy]

Eachandeveryday said:

Well it’s horrid and looks cheap

And I want google back ??????


I think it came in via a adobe flash upgrade ?

Tried the methods abounded that I could . But not all . It’s still there ! Tried AVG free to see if it would remove . But no luck .


Thanks

If it's like Chrome on Windows there's a 'settings' option accessed from the 3 vertical dots top right. Then about halfway down the page there are some options regarding search engine choice.

[Eachandeveryday]

Tried this . Does not work 😠

[Johnnytheboy]

I'm thinking post no. 4 looks more likely then.

[Eachandeveryday]

Tried this . Does not work 😠

[babelfish]

The_Jackal said:

Cant you just GoogleBing, how to set default browser on mac?
The other option would be to reinstall Chrome and hope it has a box that says set as default.