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Fix problems with your home page or search

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Revision id: 20875
Created: Jan 25, 2012, 8:18:40 AM
Creator: mluna
Comment: change title and fix formatting
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Reviewed: Jan 26, 2012, 5:31:28 PM
Reviewed by: mluna
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=Removing Babylon, SearchQU or MyStart=

The following lists forum posts and articles to help you remove unwanted crapware that is messing up your web surfing and home page.

==Forum posts==
''The following forum posts include solutions to questions asked by users.''

*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/810780 How to remove avg secure search?]

*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/773789 My Home pages are being hijacked by /www.searchqu.com/ on opening]

*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/856190 A program named Search/QU has taken over the browser and I don't know haw to get rid of it.]

*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/905782 How can I fully remove MyStart by IncrediBar from Firefox and my computer?]

*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/746530 How do I fully remove Babylon?]

*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/815319 How can I stop opening http://search.babylon.com/ in the new Tabs?]

==Articles==
''The following articles will help you learn more.''

*[[Search bar]]

*[[How to set the home page]]

*[[Is my Firefox problem a result of malware]]

*[[Location bar search]]

*[[Resetting preferences]]

Revision Content

Removing Babylon, SearchQU or MyStart

The following lists forum posts and articles to help you remove unwanted crapware that is messing up your web surfing and home page.

Forum posts

The following forum posts include solutions to questions asked by users.

How to remove avg secure search?

My Home pages are being hijacked by /www.searchqu.com/ on opening

A program named Search/QU has taken over the browser and I don't know haw to get rid of it.

How can I fully remove MyStart by IncrediBar from Firefox and my computer?

How do I fully remove Babylon?

How can I stop opening http://search.babylon.com/ in the new Tabs?

Articles

The following articles will help you learn more.

Search bar - add, change and manage search engines on Firefox

How to set the home page

Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

Location bar search

Reset Firefox preferences to troubleshoot and fix problems