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Whenever I go onto Firefox, I end up getting THIS ugly search engine and home page. Any ideas on what it is or how to get rid of it?

http://i40.tinypic.com/hthb2a.jpg

I tried changing the search and the home page in preferences but when I quit Firefox and come back on, it goes back to that abomination.

Whenever I go onto Firefox, I end up getting THIS ugly search engine and home page. Any ideas on what it is or how to get rid of it? http://i40.tinypic.com/hthb2a.jpg I tried changing the search and the home page in preferences but when I quit Firefox and come back on, it goes back to that abomination.

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Sound's like you've got a browser hijack virus. Do a google search based on the site that comes up, or take it into a shop to be serviced by professionals.

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Do you have the Default Tab extension or another extension with 'default' in the name?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.

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