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firefox home hijacked

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my firefox home has hijacked no matter what I do I cannot change it, it always go back to http://search.starburnsoftware.com/# and also change the default search engine, why is it that firefox has this kind of security wholes so any software can take the home page and search engine?. it is obvious that the home and the search engine should be only be changed manually because nobody wants that any program you download or any software be able to change it as they want without ask, without your permission, this is very bad man.

my firefox home has hijacked no matter what I do I cannot change it, it always go back to http://search.starburnsoftware.com/# and also change the default search engine, why is it that firefox has this kind of security wholes so any software can take the home page and search engine?. it is obvious that the home and the search engine should be only be changed manually because nobody wants that any program you download or any software be able to change it as they want without ask, without your permission, this is very bad man.

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It sounds like you have some sort of program on your computer that is trying to take over your Firefox. Let's see if we can't get this running for you :)

Try to install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/, does that help?