How can I get rid of Mystart Incredibar as my hoepage?
You see, this sort of happened after I was downloading Photoshop CS2. Before then it was Babylon, but the Mystart is really bothering me because when I want a new tab, it freezes Firefox. I find it really annoying when I am loading something important. I thought dragging the Google icon - because I wanted it as my homepage, (it was originally that) - to the homepage button would solve it but it didn't.
Can anyone help me and get rid of this stupid thing? And if you can, explain it simply because I don't really understand computers as expertly. Right, and explain what one thing is, because I don't know the necessary terms for it.
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See:
IncrediMail Help Center: How do I remove IncrediMail MyStart from my Firefox Internet Browser?
The simplest way is to uninstall and reinstall Firefox. It took me about 3 minutes. If you've reached this page, you've already spent more time than that.
I had internet explorer (IE) installed - I need it for work and Firefox for classes - both were infected when I didn't notice the "free recommended" download from a software application I needed. I was downloading the software from the current Firefox version, 16.0.2(?).
The first thing I tried was uninstalling incredibar/mystart from the control panel in Windows 7 and restarting - didn't work, both browsers still had MyStart as default. Resetting the default search engine didn't work, either.
I read the directions others had posted - including: The correct way to get Incredimail Mystart out of Firefox is: 1. At Firefox address bar, enter about:config and press ENTER. 2. At Filter: field, type keyword.url 3. You should see a Preference name of keyword.URL in the list. Double click it, a "Enter String Value" input box will appear. 4. Replace the string with: http://www.google.com.my/search?q= Click "OK" button For Internet Explorer, you just install Google Toolbar again, and Mystart goes away.
HOWEVER!! -These instructions worked for internet explorer (IE) (Nov. 2012) - BUT Since those instructions were posted, the MyStart Incredibar infection (Infection is my word) has gotten more insidious. After following those instructions and restarting my computer, MyStart still came up in Firefox - but not IE. In fact, it had deleted the navigation address bar in Firefox!
After managing to get the navigation bar back, I returned to the instructions (now at 30+ minutes of frustration) and scrolled through the list that comes up after step 1 "about:config and press ENTER". I found about 50 - 100 bolded items mentioning incredibar. I thought about using the reset option, but there were so many places that it became obvious what the answer was.
So . . . if you've read this whole post, you've spent more time than it took me to uninstall/reinstall FireFox.
Hope this works for you!
When I click on the plus sign indicating I want a new tab I get INCREDIBAR. I can find no FF setting for new tab. How do I get rid of this reeking piece of fecal matter?
I fixed it by reading the forum pages. Hint: about:config browser.newtaburl right click=>Modify change string to something worthwhile.