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search is not working, any suggestions?

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When I fill in the search bar no suggestions are given. When the search string is completed and I hit search a message is shown that a TLS handshake is being performed with yahoo.search.com. Nothing happens until a timeout message is displayed.

When I fill in the search bar no suggestions are given. When the search string is completed and I hit search a message is shown that a TLS handshake is being performed with yahoo.search.com. Nothing happens until a timeout message is displayed.

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Please give this a try : uninstall Firefox. Then Delete the Mozilla Firefox Folders in C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files(x86) Then restart system. Then run Windows Disk Cleanup. (Note: This should be Pinned and run Weekly, If never done below expect 10's of gig's) Then run it again and click the button that says Cleanup System Files. Note: your Firefox Profile is saved. But you should make a back up before you do :

Reinstall with Current Release Firefox 58.0.2 with a Full Version Installer

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

Modified by Shadow110

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IndyMike said

a TLS handshake is being performed with yahoo.search.com.

Unless you mean to go to 'Metasearch Search Engine' instead of Yahoo Search Engine - it should be : search.yahoo.com .....

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As I believe in 'better safe than sorry' - Metasearch is a browser hijacker.

See : https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/6994-remove-search-com-redirect

And : https://www.securitystronghold.com/gates/remove-metasearch.html