How to get rid of yahoo search engine
Kathsgrdn
4 years ago
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Comments (3)I'm circling back to ask: do most people know how something like this gets on their computer? And for the purpose of getting rid of it, does it matter how it got there? I came back quickly and briefly to announce that I no longer needed the information so that I wouldn't waste the time of people here willing to help. It seemed like the sensible and polite thing to do. I post a lot on the Home Decorating and Cleaning forums and people will pop by with strange questions for which more information is needed. But really, what more do you need to know in this situation to answer the question? Here is a link that might be useful: Removing Start Now...See MoreYahoo search box
Comments (3)Owbist, thanks for answering. When I right click on that bar, it only has three tool bars checked: Navigation, Bookmarks and Google. There are two that are unchecked: ZoneAlarm Spy Blocker and AVG Security. Actually what is at the bottom is just a search box, not a toolbar. It has a red M in front of the box, and a magnifying glass icon in a red box shows at the end of the box. To the right of that is the McAfee Suite Advisor and the little orange & blue icon that has something to do with IE I'm using Firefox 3.0.5, XPHome SP3. I'm puzzled. Any other ideas? Maybe it has come to stay....See MoreSearch engine
Comments (10)I don't like google because they wanted my phone number to register. I immediately got 4 telemarketer text when I hung up. I got rid of anything google and now use Altavista for a home page. Yahoo is the search engine. The only problem I have had with it is, when I open a new tab the help forum comes up, several threads in miniature instead of a blank page. It may have to do with FF 13 update. I had it set to notify me about updates and it went to default....See MoreYahoo Web Search and MSN
Comments (3)Try this, open IE, close the Yahoo tab leaving only the page that you want as your home page, then open Internet Options and choose Use Current. Apply and Ok....See MoreYayagal
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