MacOS – safari and firefox now crash immediately on launch in yosemite 10.10.1

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my browsers started crashing immediately on launch on my late 2012 mac mini.

i reinstalled yosemite 10.10.1 again, and for a whole day, safari behaved perfectly. then both browsers started crashing again.

i reset PRAM, installed latest java, ran virus check, but no dice.

any solutions to this found?

Best Answer

Genieo Adware is installed. Removing it will help.

If you have another browser installed, use it.
If not, launch App store and get another browser for temporary use.
Remove it afterwards.

  1. Use free AdwareMedic by clicking “Download ” from here

    http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php

    Install , open, and run it by clicking “Scan for Adware” button to remove adware.
    Once done, quit AdwareMedic by clicking AdwareMedic in the menu bar and selecting
    “Quit AdwareMedic”.

    or

    Remove the adware manually by following the “HowTo” from Apple.
    http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987

  2. Safari > Preferences > Extensions
    Turn those off and relaunch Safari to test .
    Turn those on one by one and test.

Originally posted to the Apple discussion forum

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