The issue has reached unnerving heights over time, and the underlying infection has gained notoriety for being extremely persistent. When browsing different security forums and the official Apple Support Communities, you may come across numerous threads where Mac users report redirects to for ostensibly no apparent reason. Whereas the legitimacy and usefulness of Microsoft’s Bing search engine are out of the question, cybercriminals have been abusing it to smokescreen their foul play for years.