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A website name searchbaron is set as my default search engine every time i open mozrilla firefox web browser and it automatically set as my default search engi

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every time i open my web browser this website "searchbaron' appers as my default search engine and even after deleting it reappears again and again and automatically set as default search engine in my firefox browser.

every time i open my web browser this website "searchbaron' appers as my default search engine and even after deleting it reappears again and again and automatically set as default search engine in my firefox browser.

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Hello bestmaliko8,

Unfortunately you have picked up some malware, cause that "searchbaron" is a browser hijacker.

Would you do this please :

Go to the Firefox menu (≡) => Preferences => Add-ons => Extensions and remove anything that looks unfamiliar or suspicious.

Next step : run malwarescans - further information can be found in this article :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. They all work differently - what one program doesn't pick up, the other might.

Especially for Mac : https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

See this article for more instructions :

https://www.fixyourbrowser.com/removal-instructions/adware/searchbaron-com/

(you'll have to scroll down to "Remove Searchbaron.com from Firefox")

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Well said.