Recent answers to Yahoo Keeps Trying to Hijack My Firefox Browserhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/9489372013-01-30T12:55:43-08:00Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extens2013-01-30T12:55:43-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/948937#answer-403444<p>Start Firefox in <u><a href="/en-US/kb/diagnose-firefox-issues-using-troubleshoot-mode" rel="nofollow">Safe Mode</a></u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools &gt; Add-ons &gt; Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools &gt; Add-ons &gt; Appearance).
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<ul><li>Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
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<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode</a>
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<p>Try to reset some preferences to the default with the SearchReset extension:
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<ul><li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/</a>
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<p>Note that the SearchReset extension only runs once and then uninstalls automatically, so it won't show on the "Firefox &gt; Add-ons" page (about:addons).
</p><p>If you do not keep changes after a restart then see:
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<ul><li><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved</a>
</li></ul>What is Yahoo! doing? How is it hijacking your browser?
2013-01-30T12:39:47-08:00feer56https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/948937#answer-403434<p>What is Yahoo! doing? How is it hijacking your browser?
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