why doesnt firefox start on my homepage
Since the latest update, when I open Firefox it takes me to https://search.mapseasy.net/is instead of my homepage www.google.com. This is very annoying, please tell how to fix this issue so I dont have to quit using Firefox.
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That search.mapseasy.net is a browser hijacker, malware that you will of course want to get rid of.
Go to the Firefox menu (≡) => Add-ons => Extensions, and look for any other unfamiliar or suspicious looking extensions.
When you find any : remove them.
Do the same in Windows Control Panel, just to make sure.
However : most malware will be 'hiding' somewhere , so let's run malware scans (even though you already have run some) :
Further information can be found in this article : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no
Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. They all work differently - what one program doesn't pick up, the other might.
Also see : http://www.myantispyware.com/2018/08/07/how-to-remove-search-mapseasy-net-chrome-firefox-ie-edge/