Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

Avatar for Username

Caută ajutor

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Află mai multe

Acest fir de discuție a fost arhivat. Adresează o întrebare nouă dacă ai nevoie de ajutor.

Address bar search is not working

  • 4 răspunsuri
  • 17 au această problemă
  • 12 vizualizări
  • Ultimul răspuns de harlleye

harlleye
harlleye
more options

When I type keywords into the address bar, it used to return a list of google search results. Now, it returns "The address isn't valid". I know I can use the search bar to search google, but the ability to search keywords straight from the address bar is my number one favourite feature of Firefox and I want it back.

The problem started after I returned the keyword.URL setting in about:config to default after it was maliciously changed to some Russian search/spam site, which also added a bunch of useless links to my bookmarks bar. This is the second time this has happened, no idea how, but the first time I fixed it the address bar search started working again right away.

I have not installed any new plugins or add-ons recently.

I have checked that keyword.enabled is set to true, and keyword.URL is blank, which are the default settings. Are there any other settings that might have been changed/that I should change to make this work again?

When I type keywords into the address bar, it used to return a list of google search results. Now, it returns "The address isn't valid". I know I can use the search bar to search google, but the ability to search keywords straight from the address bar is my number one favourite feature of Firefox and I want it back. The problem started after I returned the keyword.URL setting in about:config to default after it was maliciously changed to some Russian search/spam site, which also added a bunch of useless links to my bookmarks bar. This is the second time this has happened, no idea how, but the first time I fixed it the address bar search started working again right away. I have not installed any new plugins or add-ons recently. I have checked that keyword.enabled is set to true, and keyword.URL is blank, which are the default settings. Are there any other settings that might have been changed/that I should change to make this work again?

Soluție aleasă

You could try this add-on to see whether it cures it: SearchReset

If not, you could use this for keyword.URL, which appears to be the default in Firefox 14 (just based on what I get running a search): 


https://www.google.com/search?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&q=
Citește acest răspuns în context 👍 8

Toate răspunsurile (4)

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
  • Top 25 Contributor
more options

Soluție aleasă

You could try this add-on to see whether it cures it: SearchReset

If not, you could use this for keyword.URL, which appears to be the default in Firefox 14 (just based on what I get running a search): 


https://www.google.com/search?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&q=
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
  • Top 25 Contributor
more options

It's also possible that your system is not yet clean. This isn't the best board for removal of sophisticated malware, but I can at least suggest two tools for supplemental scans:

Malwarebytes Anti-malware : http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

SUPERAntiSpyware : http://www.superantispyware.com/

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

You can also check for possibly installed extension.

If you do not keep changes after a restart then see:

harlleye
harlleye Deținătorul întrebării
more options

Thanks for the links. I have the unpleasant feeling that the recurring nature of the original bug means my system isn't clean, so hopefully these will help get rid of the original issue.