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Every once in a while my Firefox just jumps to Yahoo! and displays Yahoo! 404 - Page Not Found handler

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When I type in a URL in the address bar, for example http://www.LinkedIn.com sometimes I am forced to Yahoo!.com and an error is displayed:

Yahoo! 404 Page not found

Sorry, the page you were looking for could not be found

Showing related results for: http://websearch.ask.com/redirect?client=ff&src=kw&tb=FW...

When I type in a URL in the address bar, for example http://www.LinkedIn.com sometimes I am forced to Yahoo!.com and an error is displayed: Yahoo! 404 Page not found Sorry, the page you were looking for could not be found Showing related results for: http://websearch.ask.com/redirect?client=ff&src=kw&tb=FW...

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Under "Tools" on your Firefox browser, select Add-Ons. On the Add-Ons page, select the Extensions tab. Scroll through the list until you find the Yahoo toolbar add-on. Disable, and then remove the add-on. I've had no problems since I did this earlier this evening. Easy fix!

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what if you STILL get the same error? it seems to be certain URL domains that are giving me the problem...

Modified by jordanwj19

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Yes, I had the same issue. It is solved:Remove! Yahoo toolbar add-on