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Search brings up a Yahoo page - how to get rid of Yahoo; also, Firefox is slow!

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When I search the web, many times I get a Yahoo page instead and can never get the answer I'm looking for. How do I get rid of Yahoo and prevent it from popping up.

Also, Firefox is working very, very slowly.

When I search the web, many times I get a Yahoo page instead and can never get the answer I'm looking for. How do I get rid of Yahoo and prevent it from popping up. Also, Firefox is working very, very slowly.

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Amongst other things it could be

Please post back with what you tried and how you got on. I can offer further advice if necessary once I know more about the problem.


It may help to have full troubleshooting information

It helps to have some more non-personal information Please do the following:

  1. Click the menu button New Fx Menu, click help Help-29 and select Troubleshooting Information.
  2. Now, a new tab containing your troubleshooting information should open.
  3. At the top of the page, you should see a button that says "Copy text to clipboard". Click it.
  4. Now, go back to your forum post and click inside the reply box. Press Ctrl+V to paste all the information you copied into the forum post.

If you need further information about the Troubleshooting information page, please read the article Use the Troubleshooting Information page to help fix Firefox issues.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

You can check for issues caused by plugins (plugins are not affected by Firefox Safe Mode)

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When I follow a link from Google, the correct page will appear but is immediately overridden by a yahoo search. It will not let me return to the correct page.