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How do I get rid of Yahoo?

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bokfu74
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If I type a term in the address bar it takes me to Yahoo search results. It appears in the search bar even though: I have deleted it using 'manage search engines'. Yahoo toolbar is not installed. No Yahoo add-ons are installed. In options, my default home page is Google. I have reset the keyword:url.in about:config I have deleted cache and cookies Only Yahoo Messenger is installed according to Control Panel, but it has been for a year or two and I don't remember the last time I used it...and this problem just started a week ago.

WHAT DO I DO? I HATE Yahoo and vow to never use them again after this spyware tactic. EVER! Please help!

If I type a term in the address bar it takes me to Yahoo search results. It appears in the search bar even though: I have deleted it using 'manage search engines'. Yahoo toolbar is not installed. No Yahoo add-ons are installed. In options, my default home page is Google. I have reset the keyword:url.in about:config I have deleted cache and cookies Only Yahoo Messenger is installed according to Control Panel, but it has been for a year or two and I don't remember the last time I used it...and this problem just started a week ago. WHAT DO I DO? I HATE Yahoo and vow to never use them again after this spyware tactic. EVER! Please help!

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Swarnava Sengupta
Swarnava Sengupta
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bokfu74
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Thanks, but that didn't help. I already did those things. I did however find the answer, after trial and error, on my own. The problem was there was a program that was changing the search settings without me knowing it each time I changed about:config. I opened control panel and filtered programs by installation date. You Tube downloader toolbar was installed at around the time my problem began, so I uninstalled it. Disabling the extension did NOT work. It has to be uninstalled. What I did was:

1. filtered installed programs in Control Panel by date and uninstalled programs installed around the time I noticed the problem.

2. I went to about:config and changed the keyword.url to http://www.google.com/search?q= and I did a search for 'Yahoo' and changed everything to Google.

3. removed the Yahoo search engine from the search bar

Restarted Firefox. Everything is golden. Thank you for your suggestion. I really appreciate the help. I hope this helps someone as well.

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).