Firefox keeps changing my homepage and search engine from google to bing
I have recently switched from google chrome to firefox.
On the second day of using firefox i noticed it had changed my homepage and my search engine from google to bing. I figured no biggie, probably just some weird bug or something.
It has now changed it several times and i'm getting tired of changing it back to google.
This didn't and isn't happening with google chrome.
The only extension I have installed is uBlock Origin.
There are no suspicious extensions in firefox.
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Can you post your extensions list as shown on the on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page?
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
- do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems
See also:
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware
- AdwCleaner:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
The System Details list shows you have multiple Flash plugins.
- Shockwave Flash 27.0 r0
- Shockwave Flash 28.0 r0
You can find the installation path of all plugins on the about:plugins page.
See this about uninstalling Flash players:
Note that this will remove all installed Flash players.
You can download the latest Flash player plugin for Firefox on this page. See "Still having problems".
Is the default search engine being changed to "Bing" or to "Bing Search Engine"? There is an infection going around with that longer name. See: Firefox will not stop changing search provider from Google to "Bing Search Engine" (Not standard "Bing"!)