How to stop bing on my tab
When I click a new tab I get Bing Popping up. I don't want Bing so is there a way yo stop this. I tried typing in the about:config but it just opens to a page I am read about it but does not tell me how to fix the problem.
Please help.
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I suggest disabling ALL nonessential or unrecognized extensions on the Add-ons page. Either:
- Ctrl+Shift+a
- orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Extensions. Then, if in doubt, disable.
Before using any restart links that might appear, please check for a user.js file in your settings. Firefox reads this file at startup and it may override your settings changes. This article describes how to track down and remove the file: How to fix preferences that won't save.
Note: If Windows hides .js and other file extensions, you can turn on the display of file extensions (so you can work with files more accurately) using the steps in this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/865219.
Then restart Firefox and see whether it behaves better.
To complete the cleanup process, I suggest:
- Open Windows Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs, and click the "Installed on" column heading to group additions by date. This can be helpful in finding and removing unwanted bundled items.
- Run some additional scanners to supplement your regular security software. This article lists tools other Firefox users have found helpful: Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware.
Any luck?
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Here are the complete steps:
(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.
(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste newtab and pause while the list is filtered
(3) Double-click the browser.newtab.url preference and enter your preferred page:
- Page thumbnails (default) => about:newtab
- Blank tab => about:blank
- Built-in Firefox home page => about:home
- Any other page => full URL to the page
Press Ctrl+t to open a new tab and verify that it worked. Fixed?
Two gotchas:
- If Firefox ignores the setting, one of your extensions may be overriding it.
- If the change works but at the next startup is back to Google, you might have a user.js file in your personal Firefox settings folder (your Firefox profile folder).
The next post addresses these two issues if relevant.
Izbrana rešitev
I suggest disabling ALL nonessential or unrecognized extensions on the Add-ons page. Either:
- Ctrl+Shift+a
- orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Extensions. Then, if in doubt, disable.
Before using any restart links that might appear, please check for a user.js file in your settings. Firefox reads this file at startup and it may override your settings changes. This article describes how to track down and remove the file: How to fix preferences that won't save.
Note: If Windows hides .js and other file extensions, you can turn on the display of file extensions (so you can work with files more accurately) using the steps in this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/865219.
Then restart Firefox and see whether it behaves better.
To complete the cleanup process, I suggest:
- Open Windows Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs, and click the "Installed on" column heading to group additions by date. This can be helpful in finding and removing unwanted bundled items.
- Run some additional scanners to supplement your regular security software. This article lists tools other Firefox users have found helpful: Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware.
Any luck?
It seemed to have worked. Thanks.