i am about to delete safari. it keeps loading on its own when i didnt choose it as main b

[AllaN01Bear]

Last edited Thu Jun 2, 2022, 03:30 PM - Edit history (1)

very annoyinng i looked in all the help desks and chat rooms and no avail. they blame a virus . i dont think so.on update : mhy safari browser has calmed down and have no issues with it .

[usonian]

1. It might be malware.

I have chosen Firefox over safari as default browser on macs and that choice never failed.

Be VERY suspicious when a setting like default browser changes behind one's back.

I would do a malware scan if anything like this happened.

HTH

[AllaN01Bear]

2. whilst viewing your post , safari popped up twice , like it was jealus. it always popps up to extens

pane . and id rather spell it , pain,i turned on firewall. and will do a full scan tonigt w virus scan.
thanks

[AllaN01Bear]

3. ps: i also noticed that when i started w big sur,, this happened . others complaind that this

occured with prior 64 bit mac osses .

[Pepsidog]

4. I have an old iMac from 2007 and many updates don't work. I installed Firefox and Chrome and works

great.