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How did Bing all of the sudden become the default URL address bar search engine? Did Firefox get hacked?

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How did Bing all of the sudden become the default URL address bar search engine? Did Firefox get hacked? How do i reset it back to google?

How did Bing all of the sudden become the default URL address bar search engine? Did Firefox get hacked? How do i reset it back to google?

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

Check the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page.

You can modify the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page to use Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" or Google's "Browse By Name".