search engine keeps defaulting to sitfy.com
Something has changed within the last month or so and whenever I search for something in the box in the TR corner of the screen the results come back, seemingly via Google, but they are formatted in a completely different way without any of the usual Google stuff. Here's a screen grab of what I mean: http://silverphotography.co.uk/temp_viewing/google.jpg
If I manually select the little Google icon next to the search box and search again the results come back as I would expect them to, but this just resets the next time I open Firefox.
I tried going into about:config and changed keyword.URL to http://www.google.co.uk/search?q= but when I next open Firefox it has changed to http://www.sitfy.com/search/?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&rls=hv7yZ7DY&q= and I can find no reference to this on the web.
I would appreciate any help with this. The Google results I currently get seem to be geared more towards shopping on Amazon etc...
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I have fiddled around a bit more with this and found a solution. In the drop-down menu to the left of the search-box you can select which search facility to use. Select 'manage search engines' and then you can remove 'google search' (but leave 'google' intact).
Don't know if this is a permanent solution but it has been working fine for the last couple of days.
Would be interested to know why this changed in the first place...
had the same issue and just did what trevorandfiona told , i did some search about sifty but no results all what there is a polish hosting this sitfy.com in ovh germany and pointing his domain to google , strange how he hited the google search in FF ! malicious rootkit ?
I found the permanent solution. Something modified our "user.js" file. This is an optional firefox startup script file. Easiest solution is to go in and delete it from your profile. See the link below for the specific location based on your OS. Without removing the script, sitfy will just become your default search every time you restart your browser.
Next up might be to figure out what created the line in the "user.js" in the first place, but that is beyond me right now.
Starting having location bar search problems when new version was installed & kept getting File Not Found error listing an erroneous omnijar file - this is how I fixed it...........
Location bar search
If you enter text into the Location bar that is not a valid Internet address (URL), Firefox will try to direct you to the location you intended. Table of Contents
Internet Keyword search
Turning off and on
Changing the keyword service
Domain Guessing
Turning off and on
Changing the prefix or suffix
Internet Keyword search
Firefox will first try to send your request to a keyword search service. By default, this service is Google's Browse by Name service. For example, If you type mozilla foundation into the Location bar, Firefox will submit a query to the Google Browse by Name service, since this is not a valid URL. The service will find its best match for your request, and direct you to http://www.mozilla.org. An entry without a clear match to a URL will display search results for the entry. Turning off and on
You can control whether the Internet Keywords search is active by editing your Firefox configuration. Note: This preference does not affect smart keyword searches from the Location Bar.
In the Location bar, type about:config and press Enter.
The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
Search for the preference keyword.enabled.
Double-click the keyword.enabled preference to toggle it between true and false.
false disables Internet Keyword searches.
true enables Internet Keyword searches.
Changing the keyword service
You can specify any valid URL to perform the Internet Keyword searches by modifying the keyword.URL preference in the about:config page:
To use the Browse by Name service from in earlier versions of Firefox, keyword.URL can be set to http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=. Google will forward you to the relevant site if it finds a clear match. Otherwise, the search results page will be displayed. To use Bing, set keyword.URL to http://www.bing.com/search?q=. To reset the Internet Keywords service to use a standard Google search, right-click on keyword.URL and select Reset.