hi dirtball2, could you go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this might give us a clue what is going on...

You can use the SearchReset extension to reset some preferences to the default values.

• https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/

Note that the SearchReset extension only runs once and then uninstalls automatically, so it won't show on the "Firefox > Add-ons" page (about:addons).

You can check the home page setting:

• Tools > Options > General > Startup: Home page

Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' (pipe) symbols.

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page

If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Preferences+are+not+saved
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

As long as you're getting a number of things to think about, could you test something?

After you re-establish the correct home page, and confirm that it works using either of these methods:

• Ctrl+n to launch a new window
• Click the Home button on the toolbar

Could you exit out of Firefox and start it up again? The goal is to determine whether the setting gets lost right away, or only when you completely shut down Windows and start Windows up again.

To make sure you get a good exit, you can use the menu. Either:

• "3-bar" menu button > "power" button
• (menu bar) File > Exit

I suggest that instead of using the red "X" button since sometimes Firefox doesn't shut down cleanly using that button.

Please let us know the results of this experiment.

hi again dirtball2! in reply to your PM - if you suspect an issue with adware on your system, then please perform all these steps:

1. reset firefox (this will keep your bookmarks and passwords)
2. afterwards go to the firefox menu ≡ > addons > extensions and in case there are still extensions listed there, disable them.
3. finally run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the free version of malwarebytes and adwcleaner to make sure that adware isn't present in other places of your system as well.

Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

Good morning jscher2000! Thank you for your response and for trying to help me! Since I am new to the Mozilla Support Forum, I am uncertain as to how I should properly proceed. I received 2 other response's beside yours. So as to not confuse myself any more than I already am, I've decided to try working with only one response at a time. I've already started trying to work with phillip. If we can't come up with a resolution, then I will get back to you in turn. Would that be OK? I hope I'm not doing everything wrong! Thanks again for trying to help! dirtball2

Good morning cor-el! Thank you for your response and for trying to help me! Beside yours, I received 2 other response's this morning. Currently I am working with phillip. If we can't come up with resolution, then I will get back to you. Would that be OK? Thank you again for trying to help me! dirtball2

Hi phillip, I have already taken all the steps you listed in your email! Just to be sure I went to the FF menu and checked for add-ons. Everything had been disabled, Next I am going to follow the link posted at the end of your message. Thanks again! dirtball2

Exciting news phillip! While following instructions on the link you posted about dealing with adware, I was able to come up with a solution to my original question! I'm not sure about what I did or how I did it, I just know that I no longer have the problem! Thanks again for your help phillip! I've decided to vote for you as President!LOL! dirtball2