You can use the SearchReset extension to reset some preferences to the default values.

• https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/

Note that the SearchReset extension only runs once and then uninstalls automatically, so it won't show on the "Firefox > Add-ons" page (about:addons).

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

• Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

Hi,

Unfortunately it did not work & the Bing page is still there. This is the url

http://search.conduit.com/?ctid=CT3319612&octid=EB_ORIGINAL_CTID&SearchSource=55&CUI=&UM=2&UP=SP2415AC12-7B2A-446F-9CFC-F6F361CFD6DD&SSPV=

Is bing a part of Microsoft ?

I am going to try to remove it by uninstalling firefox from my computer & then re-installing it again.

You can check the browser.newtab.url pref on the about:config page.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

You can check the target line in the Firefox desktop shortcut (right-click: Properties) to make sure that nothing is appended after the path to the Firefox program.

Thanks for your help.

The original Firefox tab page has "reappeared" & the Bing tab has disappeared. Hope it stays this way.

Problem sorted.

This happened to me. I can find About:config / browser.newtab.url and it's value is http://search.conduit.com/?ctid=CT3319612&octid=EB_ORIGINAL_CTID&SearchSource=69&CUI=&SSPV=&Lay=1&UM=2&UP=SP94FE835C-F16E-4851-AE4B-47F1D48E6D1D - that is the Bing search page.

I can't change it. R-click opens a modify dialog but nothing I put in there sticks. Anyway, I've no clue what to put in there.

Any ideas?

AH! The computer has to boot, not just Firefox. Now it does open on a blank page. How do I get it to show recent pages? It uster do that.

If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

You can check the Windows Control Panel for recently installed programs to see if anything from Conduit or other suspicious software shows up.

I had the same problem, and couldn't change the values for browser.newtab.url on the about:config page. I found a browser hijack program named Search Protect by Conduit. It looks like we aren't actually searching directly with Bing, but going through Conduit to do so. I uninstalled via the Control Panel's Programs option, which worked for me, at least so far. Others have reported difficulty with permanent removal. Microsoft has a few pages of Q&A that may help if you are having difficulty with this particular hijack: [http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/pr.../7b0c62d9-1819-414a-96c8-a512f24b3a5b] . I hope this helps!

Resetting your browser won't help since there's a program called Search Protect that protects browser settings from changes. You first need to uninstall Search Protect and related software.

See: http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2014/05/new-tab-opens-bing-search-how-to-remove.html

and http://www.conduit.com/searchprotect/uninstall

Cheers!