Question

the browser newtab url is set to https://www.google.com but that isn't what I get when I open a new tab, I still get the avg powered by google page

Does the tab say Google? I tried it and it said Google but it wouldn't show the page until I chose another tab and went back to that tab,

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

• Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

no, the tab says search

This is a new hard drive, the only add-ons I have is avg and adobe, I've tried disabling both of them to see if it would help, it didn't change a thing.

ok, I started in safe mode and it worked, I closed it and restarted and it was back to wrong, as I said, I only have the 2 add-ons, everything else is default. It doesn't change anything if I disable the add-ons I have.

That was it, I didn't download any extensions that I knew of so I didn't think that could be it, apparently avg added one and when I disabled it everything works now, thanks for all the help

hi after setting the browser newtab url to the desired page you should disable the avg search box. Simply in a new tab page just click restore default tab page on the bottom left corner and then it will open the url you have set.

first reset your Firefox ( go to help click on troubleshooting information and then click on reset Firefox ) after resting past in your address bar ( about:config ) then search on search menu ( browser.newtab.url ) right click on it and click modify and write instead of that ( about:home )