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No search engines available and can't add ones even on sites with OpenSearch

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My dad did somethink with Avast antivirus(at least he said so) and after that we have no search engine available. If you try to type something in a serch bar you can only open direct links. Default search engine button in the settings does not respond and even following instructions on the site I can't add new search engines. Tried Google, YouTube and DuckDuckGo but to no avail. There is just no option to add new search engine.

P.S. Don't know how to reach russian-speaking support, so screenshots are in russian with some explanations on top.
My dad did somethink with Avast antivirus(at least he said so) and after that we have no search engine available. If you try to type something in a serch bar you can only open direct links. Default search engine button in the settings does not respond and even following instructions on the site I can't add new search engines. Tried Google, YouTube and DuckDuckGo but to no avail. There is just no option to add new search engine. P.S. Don't know how to reach russian-speaking support, so screenshots are in russian with some explanations on top.
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Hi, please can you get some data out of Firefox for us?

  • Start up Firefox
  • Click the menu button Fx57Menu, select Web Developer (Веб-разработка) and then Browser Console (Консоль браузера).
  • Either attach a screenshot or copy/paste the output here. Any errors would especially be useful.

Note: I hope those are the right translations for the menu options.