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How do I stop this ASK.COM "new browser" tab displaying when I open a new tab???

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vealer
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When I open a new Tab in Firefox 4 a diffrent page is displayed with a headed "New browser tab" with a search box by ask.com instead of the Home page I have set http://www.google.ie/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-IRL:official. I do not know how Ask.com was loaded and I cannot get rid of it. I uninstalled Google Chrome thinging Ask.Com was integrated with it.

When I open a new Tab in Firefox 4 a diffrent page is displayed with a headed "New browser tab" with a search box by ask.com instead of the Home page I have set http://www.google.ie/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-IRL:official. I do not know how Ask.com was loaded and I cannot get rid of it. I uninstalled Google Chrome thinging Ask.Com was integrated with it.

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

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.

  • Use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window to disable all extensions.
  • Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

In Firefox 4 you can use one of these to start in Safe mode:

  • Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
  • Hold down the Shift key while double clicking the Firefox desktop shortcut (Windows)
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cor-el
cor-el
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Suluhisho teule

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

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.

  • Use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window to disable all extensions.
  • Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

In Firefox 4 you can use one of these to start in Safe mode:

  • Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
  • Hold down the Shift key while double clicking the Firefox desktop shortcut (Windows)
alan_r
alan_r
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The Ask plugin/toolbar is a regular troublemaker. Google for information and advice.

alan_r
alan_r
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It would help us and other users to hear just what the problem was and how you fixed it.

vealer
vealer Mwenye swali
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Thank you. I went to "View" and when I turned the ASK toolbar back on I found in the options of the ASK toolbar an uninstall option but it did not get rid of the tab display. The tab display is now gone since I disabled the add ons in Safe mode. Thank you.

Boringless
Boringless
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I went to simply control panel - add/remove and removed/uninstalled whole thing. Listed there something like "Ask toolbar".

banaani
banaani
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Before trying cor-els solution I checked the list of installed programs in control panel and found out that in my case installing KMPlayer had caused Ask.com toolbar to appear in firefox when opening a new tab.

Removing/uninstalling it and restarting firefox solved the problem for me.