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unable to open search engine pages

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firefox wont allow any search engine pages to open. I am running windows XP. this problem has only occurred recently, everything has been working fine up until a week ago.

firefox wont allow any search engine pages to open. I am running windows XP. this problem has only occurred recently, everything has been working fine up until a week ago.

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Do a malware check with a few malware scan programs.

You need to use all programs because each detects different malware.

Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database.

See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and What to do when searches take you to the wrong search website

Modified by cor-el