The Google Redirect Virus is one of the top species of browser-centric Mac threats. It manifests itself in the following way: whenever a victim looks up information via the address bar (which is also the search bar in modern browsers), they are forwarded to a junk service instead of Google, given that this is their default search engine specified in the settings. By the way, this is a fairly generic trick pulled by Mac browser hijackers, and it’s not necessarily restricted to Google. If you prefer using Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or another service, the redirect logic is the same. However, with so many people opting for the world’s dominant search provider, the Google Redirect Virus is a common way to dub sketchy code of that sort. To remove this nuisance entity from Chrome on your Mac, check your extensions list first. If you notice any items you don’t remember installing, vanquish it without a second thought. In the event that it’s too hard to identify the culprit, try disabling extensions one by one and do some test web searches each time. If your trial and error tactic reveals that the predicament is unrelated to Chrome extensions, you’ll need to spot and remove Mac malware that may be holding sway over the browser through the configuration profiles feature. Please refer to the article above for details.