I had the SafeSearch Virus/Malware. He has my fierfox hijaked, how do I get rid of him?
Hello.
When I run firefox that is wrong to my homepage, instead, it goes to the safesearch.net site. I found several antivirus programs and malware for cleaning my pc (WindowsXp). The program has been removed my pc form, but FireFox always starts in page SafeSearch. I tried to uninstall/reinstall firefox, but that did not help. the uninstall process does not completely uninstall Firefox. I have all my favorites, passwords...
How can I get rid of safesearch in firefox? How can I remove firefox completely and reinstall firefox?
Thank you
Sam
Reset the preferences that control this option to see if it helps:
- Reach
about:config
- Press the button saying you will pay attention.
- Search for browser.startup.homepage
- Reset it by right click > edit
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