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Homepage randomly switches to MSN?

deanel018
deanel018

I have noticed recently that every week or so my Firefox browser will randomly change my homepage directory to the landing page / search for MSN, which is baffling, since it is obtrusive and anti-Mozilla to me.

If y'all are sneaking it in for that sweet ad revenue, I understand, but I would donate to avoid this issue.

Otherwise Firefox / Thunderbird are awesome, and I appreciate all that you do!

Cheers, Elliot

I have noticed recently that every week or so my Firefox browser will randomly change my homepage directory to the landing page / search for MSN, which is baffling, since it is obtrusive and anti-Mozilla to me. If y'all are sneaking it in for that sweet ad revenue, I understand, but I would donate to avoid this issue. Otherwise Firefox / Thunderbird are awesome, and I appreciate all that you do! Cheers, Elliot

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Hi Elliot, Firefox is pretty wedded to the built-in home page, so MSN is not normal.

For better or worse, the home page address is stored in a file that any other program can modify (the prefs.js file). I don't know whether that is the problem, or it's getting changed in some other way.

Can you think of any event that happens on your system on a weekly schedule which might be linked with this problem?

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Hi Elliot, Firefox is pretty wedded to the built-in home page, so MSN is not normal.

For better or worse, the home page address is stored in a file that any other program can modify (the prefs.js file). I don't know whether that is the problem, or it's getting changed in some other way.

Can you think of any event that happens on your system on a weekly schedule which might be linked with this problem?

margieyoung2017
margieyoung2017

i cant get into msn home page

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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margieyoung2017 said
i cant get into msn home page

Hi, let's continue with your new question here: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1385085