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when I do a search bar, it's slipping onto Yahoo instead of google when I'm in firefox. why is this happening all the sudden?

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when I do a search bar search, it's slipping onto Yahoo instead of google when I'm in firefox. why is this happening all the sudden?

when I do a search bar search, it's slipping onto Yahoo instead of google when I'm in firefox. why is this happening all the sudden?

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cor-el
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You can check for recently installed suspicious or unknown extensions.

Start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration or if userChrome.css/userContent.css is causing the problem.

  • switch to the Default System theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Troubleshoot Mode start window

You can do a malware scan, just to be sure.