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whenever I open a new tab, there is avg secure search
Hey guys, so recently, I open up firefox, open a new tab to view all my thumbnails, and instead, I just see AVG secure search. I hate it. I tried everything. I tried restarting firefox, I Deleted and uninstalled everything remotely related to AVG, and I also dont have any extensions to AVG, I deleted the AVG toolbar but the secure search is still there!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!!! I really want those thumbnails back!!!! By the way I have windows 8.1
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Do a clean reinstall and delete the Firefox program folder before (re)installing a fresh copy of the current Firefox release.
Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.
- Firefox 26: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
if possible uninstall your current Firefox version to cleanup the Windows registry and settings in security software.
- Do NOT remove personal data when you uninstall your current Firefox version, because all profile folders will be removed and you lose personal data like bookmarks and passwords from profiles of other Firefox versions.
Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.
- (32 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
- (64 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\"
- It is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure that there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox
Your bookmarks and other personal data are stored in the Firefox profile folder and won't be affected by an uninstall and (re)install, but make sure that "remove personal data" is NOT selected when you uninstall Firefox.
If you keep having problems then also create a new profile.
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Hello,
Go to about:config page, search for "browser.newtab.url" change its value to "about:newtab"
Its already at about:newtab
Does anything come up when you search the about:config page for the website that comes up?
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.
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:
That honestly didnt do anything
Hi yahmes227, what extensions do you have? Maybe this is a side effect of a different one. You can extract the list from the Troubleshooting Information page. Either:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information
- type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter
In the upper left corner, click the "Copy text to clipboard" button. When pasting into a reply, you can scroll down to the "Important Modified Preferences" section and delete from there to the end if none of the preferences seem relevant.
what do you mean by "into a reply?" Like posting it into this?
Application Basics ------------------ Name: Firefox Version: 26.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0 Extensions ---------- Name: Skype Click to Call Version: 6.13.0.13771 Enabled: false ID: {82AF8DCA-6DE9-405D-BD5E-43525BDAD38A} Important Modified Preferences ------------------------------ browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20131205075310 browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20131205075310 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 26.0 dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 26.0 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1390264083 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 103948 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 0 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1390264083 Graphics -------- Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Adapter Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x0166 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.3.9600.16384) Driver Date: 10-1-2013 Driver Version: 10.18.10.3316 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 JavaScript ---------- Incremental GC: true Accessibility ------------- Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions ---------------- NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.2 Version in use: 4.10.2 NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Version in use: 3.15.3.1
ჩასწორების თარიღი:
Did I do that right?
Hi yahmes227,
When you open a new tab, does it look like this?
If so, click the Settings link pointed by the arrow, change the Show AVG Secure Search Box as you see fit and click Save to confirm the configuration.
Close Firefox down, then open it up and see if it still appears.
Let us know if it works or not.
P.S. The below are alternatives you can try AFTER trying the steps above.
In regards to the question asked by jscher2000 and you provided the answer, you only have Skype click to call installed, so that shouldn't be affecting anything.
Firefox has an add-on that can reset your homepage, new tab. Install the Search Reset Tool. This will remove the rest of the traces of this program from your Firefox.
Also, you may want to consider creating a new profile.
ჩასწორების თარიღი:
Yes, it does look exactly like, that, except on firefox, and the firefox add on didnt do anything unfortunately. There was no settings button either
შერჩეული გადაწყვეტა
Do a clean reinstall and delete the Firefox program folder before (re)installing a fresh copy of the current Firefox release.
Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.
- Firefox 26: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
if possible uninstall your current Firefox version to cleanup the Windows registry and settings in security software.
- Do NOT remove personal data when you uninstall your current Firefox version, because all profile folders will be removed and you lose personal data like bookmarks and passwords from profiles of other Firefox versions.
Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.
- (32 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
- (64 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\"
- It is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure that there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox
Your bookmarks and other personal data are stored in the Firefox profile folder and won't be affected by an uninstall and (re)install, but make sure that "remove personal data" is NOT selected when you uninstall Firefox.
If you keep having problems then also create a new profile.
Thanks man!!! I cant believe I never thought of that!!! That was exactly what I needed to do! And I never lost anything!!!