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need assistance

15 years ago

last week when AVG was doing an update,I came online to find that AVG had put their tool bar and search engine on my home page(also made my home page theirs0

I managed to get rid of that tool bar,got my firefox home page back,but cannot get rid of that Yahoo search engine...I prefer google for my search tool at the top right of my page.

I am using Win XP as a program..any ideas on how to get google back?

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Jasdip
15 years ago
I right clicked on my Google search engine at the top right hand side.
A listing of other engines showed up as well, and I just scrolled down and clicked Remove to the ones I didn't want.
See if that works for you.
Marcia Thornley
15 years ago
Ditto on what jasdip said. You just select the ones you don't want.
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Cherryfizz
15 years ago
I was given a Yahoo toolbar during an update that I didn't want. I went to my start menu, delete programmes and then deleted the Yahoo tool bar. I hope this is what you needed.

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ont_gal
Original Author
15 years ago
I just tried all of the above,and none of it worked

in order to get rid of that search engine,I have to totally delete AVG
to do what jasdip suggested,didnt work either
User
15 years ago
I was having that problem so I got rid of AVG, I now use Microsoft security essentials. Its free and beatter the AVG
Jasdip
15 years ago
If you want to get rid of AVG, Avast is excellent. Free and thorough.
hayjud_mn
15 years ago
R,
Go to the top of the page and click on VIEW.
You should see an option that says tool bars. Hold your curser over it and you get a drop down with a list of all the tool bars that have been loaded. Be sure you have a check mark in front of the ones you want -- And Not in front of the ones you don't want.

Hope that works! I use the IE browser.
vala55
15 years ago
I couldn't either, but did the customize thing, drug that window down out of the way. Then I moved the back, refresh and home icons to the top line and then drug the http bar up to the top and search bar got very long, I clicked on it and got rid of it. I always condense my bars at the top to two bars. That may not be very clear, but I've already forgotten if I right clicked or not. Just play with it.
Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
15 years ago
I too am using FF and AVG. Anyway, I can left click on the little drop down arrow just to the left of the search box and all the search engines will show...just click on whichever one you want and that will stay as the default one until you change it.

Sue
vala55
15 years ago
Sorry I didn't read all the replies. I wanted to comment on MS Essential. I removed Avast because after an update, I could not play one of my games, it said it was a Trojan. I uninstalled Avast and put MS Essentials on and I like it.
ont_gal
Original Author
15 years ago
chemorcurl..that worked!

thank you very much...everyone!
Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
15 years ago
Glad that worked! I just left all of them and occasionally I use the Ebay or Amazon ones.

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