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How do I restore my default search engine?

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Shokou
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Some stupid program changed my search to Yahoo, and I went to about:config to get rid of it.I changed some strings back to default and got rid of it, but now whenever I type a random word in the URL bar, it goes to (word I typed).com instead of Google. How do I put it back to Google?

Some stupid program changed my search to Yahoo, and I went to about:config to get rid of it.I changed some strings back to default and got rid of it, but now whenever I type a random word in the URL bar, it goes to (word I typed).com instead of Google. How do I put it back to Google?

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cor-el
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You can modify the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page to use Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" or Google's "Browse By Name".