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Avast wants me to remove infoatoms and change my browser settings

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DavidSorge
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So, I shut down Firefox and my computer. When I restarted and opened Firefox back up it didn't start as it should. I got the oops screen instead. But I also got a popup from Avast (one of those screens that stays on top) saying the Avast community does not like infoatoms. I reached around the annoyance and started Firefox so I could look around the internet and decide what to do. Usually the tab that I was last on is the tab in focus when I start back up. This time tab one was in focus. I had first reached out to Avast but they have been hacked, so adding up all that happened on this reboot has me worrier. I Decided to get rid of it. When I clicked on remove I got a message that I have to choose a new home page and search provider. My only choices are Yahoo and Microsoft Bing. I don't want to make those changes. But if I have to I want to know the way back. I could not find out how to do that in options. I seem to remember a drop down menu for the Home page but I don't see it now. Know, as I looked further into this it appears that the problem is most likely with IE. So here is the question. If after I remove infoatoms my home page and search provider in Firefox have changed how do I get them restored to where they are now. I'm not expecting them to change so this is just in case. By the way what is troubleshooter?

So, I shut down Firefox and my computer. When I restarted and opened Firefox back up it didn't start as it should. I got the oops screen instead. But I also got a popup from Avast (one of those screens that stays on top) saying the Avast community does not like infoatoms. I reached around the annoyance and started Firefox so I could look around the internet and decide what to do. Usually the tab that I was last on is the tab in focus when I start back up. This time tab one was in focus. I had first reached out to Avast but they have been hacked, so adding up all that happened on this reboot has me worrier. I Decided to get rid of it. When I clicked on remove I got a message that I have to choose a new home page and search provider. My only choices are Yahoo and Microsoft Bing. I don't want to make those changes. But if I have to I want to know the way back. I could not find out how to do that in options. I seem to remember a drop down menu for the Home page but I don't see it now. Know, as I looked further into this it appears that the problem is most likely with IE. So here is the question. If after I remove infoatoms my home page and search provider in Firefox have changed how do I get them restored to where they are now. I'm not expecting them to change so this is just in case. By the way what is troubleshooter?

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"I Decided to get rid of it." Get rid of what? Infoatoms or Avast?

Search Reset add-on will fix the Homepage setting and the Search settings. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/

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the-edmeister
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"I Decided to get rid of it." Get rid of what? Infoatoms or Avast?

Search Reset add-on will fix the Homepage setting and the Search settings. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/

DavidSorge
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Sorry, get rid of Infoatoms. The Avast community thinks it's problematic. 

   But the question was: If my "home page" and "search provider" in Firefox change after I remove infoatoms, how do I restore them. Foolishly, in twenty twenty hindsight, I should have just asked how to set my home page and default search provider. When Firefox didn't load as it should and Avast popped up at the same time I panicked. The Avast support site was hacked and is down currently so I couldn't get any help there. Since infoatoms does not appear to be installed in Firefox there may not be a problem anyway.
the-edmeister
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How do I uninstall InfoAtoms? It is uninstalled thru the Windows Control Panel. 

http://www.infoatoms.com/support

The add-on I hyperlinked above is used to reset the default Firefox Homepage and the Search settings, among a few other things. You install that add-on, it does its' thing, and it's automatically removed.

DavidSorge
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Thanks for the help. I followed your instructions and found no infoatoms program listed. In light of the fact that the Avast support site has been hacked I'm wondering if this is a spoof. At any rate when they are back in the game I'll take the question up with them. In the mean time I will mark this as solved. Once again Thank You for your help, David