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When I use Google in the search bar in the top right of the screen I alway get a 404 Error. al other search engines work fine. Why?

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Question When I use Google in the search bar in the top right of the screen I alway get a 404 Error. All other search engines work fine. Why?

Question When I use Google in the search bar in the top right of the screen I alway get a 404 Error. All other search engines work fine. Why?

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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"

"Remove the Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs.
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.

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Thanks for the reply. I originally tried that and it did not work. What did work was deleting Google from the available search engines and then going to the Mozilla site of search engines and reinstalling Google US.