Why do I have "ASK" and how do I get rid of it?
A fresh install after loading Windows 10 included "ASK" and a Yahoo search option. WTF? Why are they there and how do I uninstall them?
Ausgewählte Lösung
Ask commonly takes over Firefox installs in a malicious way. Fortunately this is easy to get rid of. Please follow these steps:
- Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page
- Update Firefox to the latest release
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Ausgewählte Lösung
Ask commonly takes over Firefox installs in a malicious way. Fortunately this is easy to get rid of. Please follow these steps:
How do I remove the offending toolbar?
See:
Note that extensions that do not have a "Remove" button are installed by other software and are not under control of the Firefox extension manager. Such globally installed extensions are usually found via a registry scan or are installed in a location that Firefox scans for installed extensions.
- https://developer.mozilla.org/Installing_extensions
- https://developer.mozilla.org/Adding_Extensions_using_the_Windows_Registry
Extensions installed this way need to be removed via the settings (options/preferences) of the program that has added this extension or this program has to be uninstalled via "Control Panel > Programs". In Firefox you an only disable such an extension.