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i want Firefox as my search engine not alot

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AnonymousUser
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Issue

I have another kind of problem with Firefox

Description

i ask to see Firefox and i get "alot" i don want alot

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

i ask for Firefox

Firefox version

3.5.9

Operating system

Windows XP

User Agent

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100315 Firefox/3.5.9

Plugins installed

  • -Default Plug-in
  • NPTURNMED
  • Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape
  • The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
  • Shockwave Flash 10.0 r32
  • GEPlugin
  • Picasa plugin
  • My Web Search Plugin Stub for 32-bit Windows
  • Google Updater pluginhttp://pack.google.com/
  • Allows browsing on RealArcade sites with Mozilla browsers.
  • Google Update
  • Java Plug-in 1.4.0_03 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
  • Npdsplay dll
  • DRM Netscape Network Object
  • DRM Store Netscape Plugin
== Issue == I have another kind of problem with Firefox == Description == i ask to see Firefox and i get "alot" i don want alot == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == i ask for Firefox == == Firefox version == 3.5.9 == Operating system == Windows XP == User Agent == Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100315 Firefox/3.5.9 == Plugins installed == *-Default Plug-in *NPTURNMED *Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape *The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. *Shockwave Flash 10.0 r32 *GEPlugin *Picasa plugin *My Web Search Plugin Stub for 32-bit Windows *Google Updater pluginhttp://pack.google.com/ *Allows browsing on RealArcade sites with Mozilla browsers. *Google Update *Java Plug-in 1.4.0_03 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper) *Npdsplay dll *DRM Netscape Network Object *DRM Store Netscape Plugin

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the-edmeister
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Firefox is the name. Foxfire is a bio-luminescent fungus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxfire_(bioluminescence)

James
James
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What do you mean by "alot" ?

Firefox is a web browser, not a search engine.

cor-el
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See: http://www.alot.com/toolbar/ http://www.alot.com/faq

James
James
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Seems like the Alot toolbar is for IE only?

ksunde
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after nothing I read and tried worked, I continued to explore options under ALOT'S plugins and extensions - as I rummaged around there, a dialog box finally opened that had a bar where one option to click was "return to default" - when I clicked that, the bar filled (faintly) with "firefox mozilla" - I clicked to choose that, and when I opened it again, my old firefox homepage FINALLY had returned. Unfortunately for clarity now, I will not try to go back to alot, and repeat the process, so I could be more precise. it took me too long to get rid of it to try again! This is a pernicious program.