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How do I permently get rid of yahoo search on mozilla on mac?

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I change the search engine on Mozilla preferences, I do not have any yahoo related extension.

HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS!!!

I change the search engine on Mozilla preferences, I do not have any yahoo related extension. HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS!!!

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Are you talking about an add-on or the built-in search engines? Or perhaps adware?


Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open your Add-ons Manager. Hot key; <Control> (Mac=<Command>) <Shift> A)

In the Add-ons Manager, on the left, select Extensions.


Type about:preferences#search<enter> in the address bar.


You may have ad/mal-ware. 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. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.