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My firefox is infected with bEARCARE, i CANNOT REMOVE IT & i CANNOT UNISTALL FIREFOX, IT KEEPS SAYING i HAVE TO CLOSE FIRESFOX, BUT IT IS NOT OPEN

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Whenever I open Firefox, I get this search bar for "Bearshare". I do not want it. I have trie to uninstall firefox, but the uninstall program keeps telling me to close Firefox. however it is no open. so I cannot proceed with the uninstall

Whenever I open Firefox, I get this search bar for "Bearshare". I do not want it. I have trie to uninstall firefox, but the uninstall program keeps telling me to close Firefox. however it is no open. so I cannot proceed with the uninstall

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cor-el
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See:

You can look for a "Mediabar" program under "Control Panel > Programs and features"

See also this forum thread about BearShare: