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I have ask.com on my computer and I want it gone!

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I can not found out how to get into the config.sys files to delete ask.com from there. That is the only place it is. When I download Mozilla Firefox 5.0 all I get when I log onto it is ask.com. Even if I delete Firefox and reload it, it still takes me to ask.com as a search engine. I have deleted everything from the regedit that has anything to do with ask.com and still no luck. It is in the config.sys files.

I can not found out how to get into the config.sys files to delete ask.com from there. That is the only place it is. When I download Mozilla Firefox 5.0 all I get when I log onto it is ask.com. Even if I delete Firefox and reload it, it still takes me to ask.com as a search engine. I have deleted everything from the regedit that has anything to do with ask.com and still no luck. It is in the config.sys files.

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Have you considered changing your home page to something other than ask.com

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There is more to ask.com than just changing the home page, there is also an extension.

More information on ask.com, Yahoo Toolbars

More information on configuration variables available in about:config entries and for users not familiar with the process there is about:config (How to change)