What Is General Update?
General Update is a browser extension that can alter the default search engine on browsers and redirect users’ searches to an obscure site which in turn will redirect them to Yahoo. If a user tries to change the search engine, they will be told that “General Update is controlling this setting”. A browser extension that alters homepage, new tab page or search engine against users’ wishes is called a browser hijacker. Most of the time hijackers end up on computers when users install free apps, cracked software, or open files downloaded from untrustworthy sources. This step-by-step guide will help you remove General Update from your Mac and get rid of the Yahoo Search redirect.