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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Regarding search engine malware

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bestmalik08
bestmalik08
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Every time i open my firefox browser i got this searchmarqis or searchbaron set as my default search engine and i am not able to remove it paermanenetly even after repeatedly deleting it from search engine setting.How to get rid of this bug?

Every time i open my firefox browser i got this searchmarqis or searchbaron set as my default search engine and i am not able to remove it paermanenetly even after repeatedly deleting it from search engine setting.How to get rid of this bug?

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Enigma
Enigma
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Hi,

You had the same problem almost 8 months ago;   you were given
some advice, but you never said whether that worked or not :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1275830

FredMcD
FredMcD
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You may have ad/mal-ware. Further information can be found in this article; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.

Enigma
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@ FredMcD:

See the thread I referred to ......