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ByteFence detected a High Risk item on Firefox which is "Browser Search Hijack (Firefox)", how can I remove it?

AA2000
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I came across this high risk item found by ByteFence on my computer. Under Detection Name it is listed as: Browser Search Hijack (Firefox), and is marked a high risk must be remove item. Can anyone please help me sort it out and how? Thanks.

I came across this high risk item found by ByteFence on my computer. Under Detection Name it is listed as: Browser Search Hijack (Firefox), and is marked a high risk must be remove item. Can anyone please help me sort it out and how? Thanks.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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See if this KB article helps you: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-search-hijacking

If that doesn't help you see this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware