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How to remove Safesearch.com?

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I'm guessing that, somehow, connected to Safesearch, is that Opentab files are continually being put onto my desktop. I delete them but they keep coming back. The file images do not seem to be uploading.

I'm guessing that, somehow, connected to Safesearch, is that Opentab files are continually being put onto my desktop. I delete them but they keep coming back. The file images do not seem to be uploading.

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

Based on a web search, if you only get SafeSearch when using your Firefox desktop/taskbar shortcut and not on new windows or new tabs, the shortcut might be hijacked. To fix that:

right-click the shortcut > Properties > Shortcut tab

The "Target" for Firefox on 64-bit Windows 7 should be exactly the following with nothing after it:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Note: If the Firefox icon is pinned to the task bar, after right-clicking it, right-click Mozilla Firefox to get to Properties.

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Is SafeSearch the one from AVG? Or does it look like some malware?

The tab files might be from this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/save-my-tabs/ You can change the storage location for those files in its Options (according to that page).

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

Based on a web search, if you only get SafeSearch when using your Firefox desktop/taskbar shortcut and not on new windows or new tabs, the shortcut might be hijacked. To fix that:

right-click the shortcut > Properties > Shortcut tab

The "Target" for Firefox on 64-bit Windows 7 should be exactly the following with nothing after it:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Note: If the Firefox icon is pinned to the task bar, after right-clicking it, right-click Mozilla Firefox to get to Properties.