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web addresses always open in a google search

AnonymousUser
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When I type a known web address into firefox it only opens in a google search box instead of taking me to the web site requested.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== about 2 weeks ago

When I type a known web address into firefox it only opens in a google search box instead of taking me to the web site requested. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == about 2 weeks ago

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