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Firefox keyword search feature is being replaced with http://www.gisly.com/search/?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&rls=n8XUfwHT&q=, hwo do i stop this?

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seann33uk
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about:config > keyword.URL default that i want set is "http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q="

I have changed it at least 5 times in the last week. But everytime a RE-restart firefox its replaced with "http://www.gisly.com/search/?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&rls=n8XUfwHT&q="

about:config > keyword.URL default that i want set is "http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=" I have changed it at least 5 times in the last week. But everytime a RE-restart firefox its replaced with "http://www.gisly.com/search/?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&rls=n8XUfwHT&q="

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cor-el
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See:

seann33uk
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Thank you but doesn't help

I have tried this and i have also tried manually editing the pref.JS file and have checked that it saved correctly However upon opening Firefox it is replaced with the gisly.com url as above. Safemode creates a new pref which is automatically filled with the url Too..

JBFedora
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I am having the exact same problem, and haven't been able to find a solution

cor-el
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Did you check for a file user.js with an overriding pref setting?