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Interference from MSN ?

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ShambaLetuANGE
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When I open Firefox icon, MSN Bing browser opens, not Firefox. How do I stop the MSN jumping in?

When I open Firefox icon, MSN Bing browser opens, not Firefox. How do I stop the MSN jumping in?

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Firefox is a web browser while Bing is a search engine bing.com

You can set whatever search engine you want as the default. Mozilla does not have their own 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

In case Bing.com or such is being set as Homepage. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-set-the-home-page https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/wrong-home-page-opens-when-i-start-firefox-how-fix

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Firefox is a web browser while Bing is a search engine bing.com

You can set whatever search engine you want as the default. Mozilla does not have their own 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

In case Bing.com or such is being set as Homepage. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-set-the-home-page https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/wrong-home-page-opens-when-i-start-firefox-how-fix