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I have aprogram called Meta-Data Search that has take over my home page and I cant get rid of it how can I

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Chipeto
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My home page has been taken over by a program called http://meta-data.com which is a search engine it has somehow got into the browser and now I cannot find how to get rid of it, it has also stopped my gmail password from working

My home page has been taken over by a program called http://meta-data.com which is a search engine it has somehow got into the browser and now I cannot find how to get rid of it, it has also stopped my gmail password from working

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

You can open the about:config page via the location bar and do a search for meta-data via the Filter at the top of the about:config page.
You can reset all meta-data related prefs that appear bold (user set) via the right-click context menu to their default values.

Chipeto
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Hi Cor-el Thanks for trying to help, I did as you advised but the damn thing just keeps taking over the home page no matter what I do, I modified and reset no luck with either Regards Clive