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How can I get rid of the parasite myheritage.com that prevents me from using firefox

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werren@att.net
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I cannot use Firefox because the moment I open, there sits something called myheritage.com, followed by the word "search," and it will not let me do anything, nor can I delete it. Who/what is myheritage.com and why does it sit on your homepage like an unremovable parasite?

I cannot use Firefox because the moment I open, there sits something called myheritage.com, followed by the word "search," and it will not let me do anything, nor can I delete it. Who/what is myheritage.com and why does it sit on your homepage like an unremovable parasite?

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ideato
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change the keyword.url in about:config to the page you want, google, yahoo, bing etc.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.URL

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Location%20bar%20search#os=win&browser=fx7

thank you

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