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When I click on my newly installed Mozilla Firefox browser icon a Google data entry box instead of a Firefox box is displayed. What do I do to fix this?

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When I click on my newly installed Mozilla Firefox browser icon a Google data entry box instead of a Firefox box is displayed. What do I do to fix this?

When I click on my newly installed Mozilla Firefox browser icon a Google data entry box instead of a Firefox box is displayed. What do I do to fix this?

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Firefox is using google as the standard search provider, that is why you see google in the address bar, see this article for more information and how to change it :https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-firefox-address-bar

greetings Tim Maks

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Firefox is using google as the standard search provider, that is why you see google in the address bar, see this article for more information and how to change it :https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-firefox-address-bar

greetings Tim Maks

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Thank you Mad Maks. I thought I was hacked. rsrockey