Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

When I updated FF Eco Start Page became my start PAge and default search place WHY?

  • 3 replies
  • 10 have this problem
  • 14 views
  • Last reply by comgeek888

more options

Updating to new version of Fire Fox, my home page was changed to eco Start Page and my default search was a yahoo Eco Start Page . Why did this happen? I had trouble correcting this and how can this happen to FF? I thought your browser was secure.

Updating to new version of Fire Fox, my home page was changed to eco Start Page and my default search was a yahoo Eco Start Page . Why did this happen? I had trouble correcting this and how can this happen to FF? I thought your browser was secure.

All Replies (3)

more options

I'm also having this exact same problem. I was able to change my homepage back to its default, but have no clue as to how to change by default search back to Google.

more options

Try to reset some preferences to the default with the SearchReset extension:

Note that the SearchReset extension only runs once and then uninstalls automatically, so it won't show on the "Firefox > Add-ons" page (about:addons).

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 or otherwise make changes.

If you do not keep changes after a restart then see:

more options

EcoStartpage.com is a malicious browser hijacker. This redirection and automatic homepage settings are done by a malware application. anyhow, you have to scan your system with an anti-malware tool to detect and remove this infection, or you may delete it manually by eliminating this virus` components How to remove EcoStartpage browser hijack virus