yahoo safety search
How did "yahoo safety search" get into my firefox browser, and how do I get rid of it permanently? I want nothing to do with yahoo. I want duckduckgo back as my search engine.
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You can remove Yahoo or at least make DDG your default search engine.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-your-default-search-settings-firefox
Firefox has not come with anything Yahoo related since Firefox 57.0 so it did not come from Mozilla or the Firefox web browser. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/712925
Maybe an extension you have installed in Firefox or updated recently has added this Yahoo search as some extensions have added such search engines in Firefox over the years.
James trɔe
You can check for recently installed suspicious or unknown extensions.
Start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration or if userChrome.css/userContent.css is causing the problem.
- switch to the Default System theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
- do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Troubleshoot Mode start window
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