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Everytime I open Mozilla, it opens to the page hi.ru even after I reset Mozilla. How can I return it back to default settings?

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I have reset Mozilla multiple times. In the settings, Mozilla is set to open to the Mozilla Start up Page yet it opens to hi.ru

I have reset Mozilla multiple times. In the settings, Mozilla is set to open to the Mozilla Start up Page yet it opens to hi.ru

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Do you get the unwanted page when you do either of these:

  • Ctrl+n to launch a new window
  • click the Home button on the toolbar

If those are normal:

Check for a hijacked shortcut. Here's how:

  • Desktop shortcut: right-click the icon, choose Properties
  • Pinned taskbar icon: right-click the icon, right-click Mozilla Firefox, choose Properties

Windows normally will select the Shortcut tab. If not, go ahead and click the Shortcut tab.

The Target line should not have anything after this part:

  • 64-bit Windows, standard 32-bit Firefox: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
  • 64-bit Windows, test 64-bit Firefox: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
  • 32-bit Windows: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

If any URLs are listed after that, clear them out and save your change. To test, you can either:

  • Desktop shortcut: double-click the icon to launch a new window
  • Pinned taskbar icon: right-click the icon, click Mozilla Firefox to launch a new window

If you only get your home page, it worked. You probably need to do the same for your other browsers.

If the problem occurs when using the home button as well:

Your home page setting may be getting modified by an external source. Will Firefox let you edit it? You can check here:

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste home and pause while the list is filtered

(3) If the browser.startup.homepage preference is set to an unwanted URL, try to double-click and edit it. Will Firefox save the change?

If not, you may have a malware program named SearchProtect (or similar) that needs to be removed through the Windows Control Panel, Uninstall a Program.

If the preference line has a status of "Locked" we will need to help you track down the source of the lock.

An extension may be overriding your setting. A Refresh removes extensions that were installed in your settings folder, but some extensions are discovered through the registry or in shared folders, so you may need to disable those manually. Open the Add-ons page using either:

  • Ctrl+Shift+a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Extensions. Then disable everything you didn't personally install on the right side.

Often a link will appear above at least one disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links as the last step.

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You can also try;

Bookmark and use this; Download the Mozilla Search Reset {web link} This add-on is very simple: on installation, it backs up and then resets your search preferences and home page to their default values, and then uninstalls itself. This affects the search bar, URL bar searches, and the home page.


You may have ad / mal-ware. Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.

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Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.

Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. All these programs have free versions.

Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.

You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.

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