Hijacked search preferences

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• Why Yahoo is hijacking my search preferences despite my repeated reset of the preference and the removal of Yahoo?

  Other users seem to have the same problem but I do not see that they are answered (apart from some people succeed after the installation of additional software to remember their search preferences).
  My problem just started today.
  Something is wrong and I am trying to determine what happened. I changed the preferences of search to google three times today and in the process remove the option of google. Or at leasts, I chose the option that allow me to highlight and see this line removed when I clicked on a button remove the notice.
  When I restart my computer and open Firefox search preference goes back to yahoo. The first time, when this started today it also put back my yahoo homepage, but is not appeared so far.

  Some think, Macs are safe from unwanted software, but it is not true. Bad modules can sneak in with other software that you install. Uh, thank you for your information system, which shows the extension Searchme and other shit.

  Please try to disable all non-essential or unrecognized extensions on page modules. Either:

  • CMD + SHIFT + a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or tools) > Add-ons

  In the left column, click Extensions. Then, in case of doubt, disable (or delete). Especially Searchme.

  Often, a link will appear above at least an extension disabled to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links in the last step.

  Who help me?

• Changes to the Safari search preferences

  Th suggested Apple customer relations people earlier, I changed my preference of Safari to DuckDuckGo.com search and was very happy with it.  However, I now have some kind of malware on my iMac that I can't get rid of, and I think that it will affect the choice of search engine.  For example, when I choose a new window, a kind of empty search engine appears... DuckDuckGo, Google, or Yahoo.  I can't to be recognized search preferences.  This malware is labeled, "OSX. Genieo. "I have Malwaresbytes anti-malware software, and this will help me to clear all malware except this one.

  Adware is installed on your Mac without your knowledge.

  How to remove adware?

  You will have t this after the boot safe mode to prevent adware

  to interfere with the removal of adware.

  1 shut down the computer.

  Press the power button. As soon as you hear the startup tone,

  Press and hold the SHIFT key .

  The SHIFT key must be pressed as soon as possible after the start,

  but not until the startup sound.

  Release the SHIFT key when you see the Apple logo on the screen.

  Start-up will take more time than usual.

  Flickering screen is normal mode without failure.

  Sign in to your account. Launch Safari.

  Enter this address https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/mac/

  in the address bar of Safari.

  Download, install, open, then run it by clicking the "Scan" button to remove the adware, as appropriate.

  Once this is done, exit MalwareBytes.

  2 safari > Preferences > Extensions

  Disable all extensions

  or uninstall all extensions, you have not installed an informed perspective.

  3 safari > Preferences > Search > search engine:

  Select your preferred search engine.

  4 safari > Preferences > general > homepage:

  Set your home page.

  5 restart normally in the menu in the  menu bar.

• Despite my constant removal of Yahoo in all search preferences, it keeps returning automatically to my defaul for Firefox search. Help, please! I hate Yahoo!

  Despite my constant removal of Yahoo in all search preferences, it keeps returning automatically to my defaul for Firefox search. Help, please! I hate Yahoo!

  On Mac, this most commonly seems to be caused by Spigot or pipe modules, or something else that snuck in without being detected with other software that you downloaded.

  Please try to disable all non-essential or unrecognized extensions on page modules. Either:

  • CMD + SHIFT + a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or tools) > Add-ons

  In the left column, click Extensions. Then, in case of doubt, disable (or delete). Especially if you find something called SearchMe.

  Often, a link will appear above at least an extension disabled to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links in the last step.

  Is that what helps you regain control?

• I don't want that Yahoo, remove it from search preferences, but it keeps returning.

  When I type and address URL Yahoo search rises. I have repeatedly removed from research in
  preferences, but he returned.

  There's this problem on your Mac? Your message is on the forum for mobile phones FirefoxOS

  Assuming you mean on your Mac, this could be caused by modules centering or else that snuck in. Please try to disable all non-essential or unrecognized extensions on page modules. Either:

  • CMD + SHIFT + a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or tools) > Add-ons

  In the left column, click Extensions. Then, in case of doubt, disable (or delete). Especially if you find something called SearchMe.

  Often, a link will appear above at least an extension disabled to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links in the last step.

  Who help me?

• Cannot change 'number of results' Google search preferences; It remains fixed at 10, why?

  3.6 running on Windows 7. I deleted all cookies, delete preferences.js and don't know what else to do. This was the status for about a week now. The only thing I can think that I have installed at the same time is Microsoft Security Essentials, but its real time protection disabling did not alter behavior. It may be a question of system, since I have the same problem with Chrome and IE 8! I use ZoneAlarm, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 or Spybot as well, but I don't know how those that would affect this particular configuration. Thanks in advance.

  Which is caused by a recent change on the Google site and the addition of instant search.
  
  If Instant Search is enabled in the settings of Google search page (link at the top right) then you get only 10 results.
  
  You must disable Instant Search and reload the result page, and then set the number of results to your preferred choice.
  
  It may not work if you change both at the same time.

• Unable to save the Google search preferences.

  I use the custom settings for history. I checked accept cookies and accept third-party cookies. This problem keep recurring. Why? I check preferences to search Google, I want to, and sometimes one of the preferences is saved but not the number of results per page that I prefer. Or else, I get an error message that cookies are not enabled.

  It's bad enough having to use Firefox failure to take charge at first. Then, to find a solution and have the same problem happening again again and again is ridiculous.

  Try to clear cookies from Google.
  
  See tools > Options > privacy > Cookies: "show the Cookies".

  See also:

  http://kb.mozillazine.org/Cookies
  http://kb.mozillazine.org/Websites_report_cookies_are_disabled
  

• Change search preferences in Acrobat 9 Pro-life do not OK at the bottom of the page?

  I want to change the preferences in search and can check their but cannot get to the bottom of the page to click on OK.

  Hi smilingbones,

  Please try to "Repair the facility" under the Help menu if you are using Windows.

  Is - this problem only occurs with the option to search or there is a problem with all the option in the preferences?

  Please let us know the exact dot of Acrobat 9 Pro and operating system installed on your system version.

  Kind regards

  Meenakshi

• How to clear Safari search preferences?

  Safari uses only DuckDuckGo even if I checked to Google search. The results include spam and * spam. This feels like malware...

  Click here and follow the instructions, or if you do not delete rather manually the adware, launches MalwareBytes for Mac. If you run 10.6.8 or earlier, you must use the instructions in the manual.

  MalwareBytes simplifies the process of removal of adware, but does not stop it or other malware from entering the computer. It should not be invoked to prevent future incidents; Instead, avoid downloading software from sources other than the Mac App Store or Developer Web sites.

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• How can I change my options of hijacked search defalt back to normal?

  In recent days, I noticed that my search engine by default, on the Firefox homepage as well as on the search bar, has been changed to Yahoo. I changed the two back only to find that the settings reset themselves every time the browser is closed.

  Since then, I have traveled dozens of sons to help in the other forums looking for a solution. Nothing works. I checked the yahoo software and AVG, I started in safe mode, I disabled plugins and Add-ons, suspect I deleted unwanted in the browser and hard disk search options. No dice.

  I want to know how to change my default search to google engine.

  For those who have similar problems, it seems that the culprit was a program called SearchSettings.exe that was running in the background on my computer. The program is often part of a set of search bar. In the case of my machine, however, the search bar is not installed and therefore appear in my browser does not add ons or my Add/Remove Programs menu.

• How MP3Rocket hijacks search from address bar?

  After that the MP3Rocket Firefox address bar research facility has been redirected to mp3rocketsearch.com.Uninstalling MP3Rocket has not helped. There is no reference to add and remove PR., nothing in the addons of Firefox.

  The configuration file is changed. But when I restore the configuration file, restarting Firefox brings once again changed value in the configuration file. The value of keywordURL is set to MP3Rocketsearch.com

  What bothers me is why I could not find anything on this problem (of the less anything usable) Internet

  fixed formatting

  See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

• In preferences, search option is missing between the general and the content.

  I use Firefox 40.0.3 on OSX and I tried to set the search parameters. When I go into Preferences, I don't see the search catgergory. If I remember correctly there used to be between the general and the content, but it just disappeared. I was wondering if there is a way to recover or if these options have been moved to another location in the new version.

  I restarted Firefox in safe mode to disable all addons. It is not yet here.

  You have disabled browser.search.showOneOffButtons [set this pref to false] in Subject: config?
  Enter about: config in the URL bar and press ENTER. then use the search box at top.

  Options > Search "tab" disappears when this pref is toggled to false. Search preferences back to the old system where the 'controls' are in the search bar - manage search... engines such as those used before Firefox 34.

• 36 Firefox: How can I KEEP my choice of default search engine and Yahoo Search?

  Firefox 36 insists now that I use Yahoo search constantly changing my default search engine choice. No matter now many times I put it for Google, I'll get something Yahoo and it's once again. I have Yahoo not checked in the search preferences, hoping that it will not be displayed again. Have restarted Firefox several times. No luck.

  My last resort is to REMOVE Yahoo Search my list of search engines to prevent that from happening? I MIGHT want to use some time later, but not every day.

  ALSO. If it's important, when I filled this question with 'installed plugins' information on my Mac and Firefox, a witness appeared, so I went to tools > Modules. This screen appeared for a second and instantly has far to another screen: DNS Yahoo Error Handler who had "garmin communicator plugin icon developer" entered in the search query box. My web experience is now taken by Yahoo?

  Hmm, it sounds like you have some kind of hijacker in your Firefox. Try this:

  Disable all non-essential or unrecognized extensions on page modules. Either:

  • Command + shift + a
  • Tools menu > Modules

  In the left column, click Extensions. Then, when in doubt, turn off. (Or if it is obviously the badware, delete).

  If Firefox is redirected at this point, see the next section.

  Typically, a link will appear above at least an extension disabled to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links in the last step.

  Who help me?

  If Firefox is unable to use the addons page, you may need to block extensions using the Mode without failure of Firefox. It is a standard diagnostic tool to disable some advanced features of Firefox and extensions. More info: questions to troubleshoot Firefox in Safe Mode.

  You can restart Firefox in Mode safe mode using either:

  • button "3-bar" menu > "?" button > restart with disabled modules
  • Help menu > restart with disabled modules

  (Not all add-ons are disabled: Flash and other plugins still works)

  After stops in Firefox, a small dialog box should appear. Click on 'Start mode safe' (not reset).

  Can remove you it?

• Why Firefox has changed to show the U.S. on search sites when I am based in the United Kingdom?

  Since the installation of her "forget the historical navigation button" Firefox automatically displays the American Web sites instead of the previous UK those.

  The forget button is build in Firefox, but in order to ensure that there has been no change, have you you initially download the American or British Firefox build? I do not think that the two are linked, but you can change the search location in some search preferences. This can also be triggered by you IP address.

• Remove all of the default search engine but google for all users?

  I work for a school district that uses web filtering out both in network. We were running through a situation where our students are able to move from Google to Yahoo search engines to see inappropriate material. We have worked with our provider of web filtering outside to prevent that from happening, but so far no resolution of the problem. As I'm about to about 600 computers images for fall next, staff, admins, and especially Parents (I'm sure) would be as is not the case.

  My question is this. Is it possible to change search preferences in the application Firefox so that all students can use to search is Google? I can do the application itself, or is this another case where the settings are all stored in the profile users?

  Thank you

  Look in user.js creation and the lock settings, so the local user cannot change it.
  This should help!
  https://developer.Mozilla.org/en-us/d.../A_brief_guide_to_Mozilla_preferences