Recent answers to how do I default new search tabs to google instead of avg? Grrr .....https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/8929572011-12-21T01:39:06-08:00@JudgeDredd1824, Thanks, expect your addition to the thread will help a lot of people, wonder who 2011-12-21T01:39:06-08:00dmcritchiehttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/892957#answer-289586<p>@JudgeDredd1824, Thanks, expect your addition to the thread will help a lot of people, wonder who or what was responsible for that new unwelcome addition involving Yahoo.
</p>Sorted it.. C:\program files\Mozilla Firefox
Find the file called yahoo.xml and (whoo hoo) DELETE IT2011-12-20T01:57:53-08:00JudgeDredd1824https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/892957#answer-289198<p>Sorted it.. C:\program files\Mozilla Firefox
Find the file called yahoo.xml and (whoo hoo) DELETE IT
</p><p>Yahoo becomes ex-yahoo. Someone should sue Yahoo for making it this difficult. Its a conspiracy.
</p>there must be some way of removing the Yahoo search engine for goodness sake.
about:config - DOESN'2011-12-20T00:29:30-08:00JudgeDredd1824https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/892957#answer-289171<p>there must be some way of removing the Yahoo search engine for goodness sake.
about:config - DOESN'T WORK yahoo comes back
NO Yahoo of any type is listed as an extension so can't disable it that way.
Re-installed Firefox, - Yahoo comes straight back. What the heck??????
Tried every link and method listed in this (and many other) forums... NOTHING works. Its like a cancer, it keeps coming back.
Someone tell me how to get rid of this or I can only resort to Chrome and never come back to Firefox.
</p>@squiz (owner)
Did you look in the about:config settings for the your the bad stuff, and at the link2011-11-12T07:34:37-08:00dmcritchiehttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/892957#answer-273994<p>@squiz (owner)
Did you look in the about:config settings for the your the bad stuff, and at the links already provided.
</p><p>Here are some more involved with getting rid of toolbars, problematic extensions, and getting rid of the Yahoo toolbar. Is there really an AVG toolbar.
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<ul><li> Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base<br>Look for AVG in there too&gt;br&gt;<a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions</a>
</li><li> Uninstalling toolbars - MozillaZine Knowledge Base<br><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars</a>
</li><li> add-on iitiated, now have no search engine capability. Google-Lite add-on cannot even find google. How to remove? | Firefox Support Forum | Firefox Help<br>One of the worst to get rid of is Yahoo ans <a href="http://ask.com" rel="nofollow">ask.com</a> toolbars<br><a href="https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/845691" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/845691</a>
</li></ul>Guessing at what "Not Helpful" might mean to 4 out of 5 people:
There are many different things tha2011-11-12T03:12:39-08:00dmcritchiehttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/892957#answer-273911<p><em>Guessing at what "Not Helpful" might mean to 4 out of 5 people:</em>
</p><p>There are many different things that could have been installed that mess up getting an empty (blank) new tab: "<a href="http://ask.com" rel="nofollow">ask.com</a> toolbar", "yahoo toolbar", "McAfee Site Advisor". Also "AVG Safe" already mentioned installed with "AVG Free". You will find some information on removal in <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions" rel="nofollow">Problematic extensions</a>
</p><p>If the wanted behavior was to have something other than a blank tab, there is
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<ul><li> NewTabURL (51.2 KB)&nbsp;:: Add-ons for Firefox (<a href="/questions/894689" rel="nofollow">comment on highlighted BACK button</a>)<br><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newtaburl/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newtaburl/</a>
</li></ul>Thank you, but as a computer beginner I'm not sure what that meant. When I go to Tools/Options/Add O2011-11-12T02:25:24-08:00squizhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/892957#answer-273891<p>Thank you, but as a computer beginner I'm not sure what that meant. When I go to Tools/Options/Add Ons do I disable the AVG Safe Search? I have done this but each new tab still defaults to an AVG search rather than a Google search.
</p><p>Thanks for your help.
</p>Do you also have other AVG extensions installed, if so disable them.
I'm not sure what you are sayin2011-11-05T12:15:41-07:00dmcritchiehttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/892957#answer-270374<p>Do you also have other AVG extensions installed, if so disable them.
</p><p>I'm not sure what you are saying, but I expect you are saying that a new tab opens with an AVG search page instead of a Google search page. Firefox by default does not open a search page for a new tab.
</p><p>"AVG Safe" is an extension installed with "AVG Free" search, it is not an about:config entry, you would disable it from the Entesnions area of addons ("Ctrl+Shift+A") or Tools &gt; Options &gt; Add-ons. You may find other junk related to your problem by looking in about:config and fitering on AVG or whatever you find as a url in your page that you see.
</p><p>As far as searching goes the builtin Search bar with Google as the default engine works perfectly well for me.
</p><p>see
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<dl><dd><a href="https://support.mozilla.com/questions/840504" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.com/questions/840504</a>
</dd><dd><a href="https://support.mozilla.com/questions/892836" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.com/questions/892836</a>
</dd><dd><a href="http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/search.htm" rel="nofollow">http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/search.htm</a>
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