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My home startpage does not apear when opening a new tab

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When I start FireFox is comes up with my regular home startpage but when I open a new tab it always comes up with AVG Secure Search (= provided by Yahoo). I just want every new tab to come up with my regular homestartpage. How can I fix this?

When I start FireFox is comes up with my regular home startpage but when I open a new tab it always comes up with AVG Secure Search (= provided by Yahoo). I just want every new tab to come up with my regular homestartpage. How can I fix this?

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Hi! I am glad to hear that your problem has been resolved. If you need help with anything else do not be afraid to make a new thread.

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It sounds like you have a third party program that has taken over your search engine, home page, and/or the default new tab page. Fortunately, this can be remedied easily:

  1. Click the menu button New Fx Menu and choose Add-ons.
  2. In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Extensions panel.
  3. Select the toolbar you wish to remove.
  4. Click the Remove button.
  5. Click "Restart now" if it pops up. Your tabs will be saved and restored after the restart.

After Firefox restarts, install the Search Reset Tool. This will remove the rest of the traces of this program from your Firefox.

For further information, please read Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page.

Did this fix the problem? Please let us know! :)

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Thanks Ryan, took the steps and it works like a charm again  :-)

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Hi! I am glad to hear that your problem has been resolved. If you need help with anything else do not be afraid to make a new thread.

Thank you for contacting Mozilla Support.

Modified by user995256