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How to remove searchinfast.com virus from Mozilla Firefox.

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MaryLost
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Hello, a few days ago I Visited O'Reilly News person's site/ since then when I open my Big Red FOXFIRE Mozilla ball.. the page come up with the HUGE BLACK LETTERS saying SEARCH ... I found out this is something called Searchinfast - How do I get rid of this and go back to Mozilla screen? Thanks in advance. MaryLost ps what bother me is I have both Virus checker and Malaware bytes program already on my computer so how did this happen?

Hello, a few days ago I Visited O'Reilly News person's site/ since then when I open my Big Red FOXFIRE Mozilla ball.. the page come up with the HUGE BLACK LETTERS saying SEARCH ... I found out this is something called Searchinfast - How do I get rid of this and go back to Mozilla screen? Thanks in advance. MaryLost ps what bother me is I have both Virus checker and Malaware bytes program already on my computer so how did this happen?

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Scribe
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Hi, sorry to hear you are having a problem; please try working through https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-search-searchinfast-com/ by Malware Tips.

Note that not all removal programs will detect all malware, so you may need to run several or all of them.

You can also check your Firefox Desktop shortcut for corruption: Right click on it > Properties, and in Target, make sure there is no sign of the malware. If there is, delete that part of it. Or if it's easier, you can just delete and recreate a new shortcut.

Another thing you can do, is to search for the malware in your PC's search box.

After removal you may need to reset your home page and search, which you can do by running the add-on SearchReset.

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you!