This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Le thread ibilondoloziwe. Nceda ubuze umbuzo omtsha ukuba ufuna uncedo.

I have started getting an AVG blank each time I open a tab - how do I change that, to Google?

phillro
phillro
more options

Since installing AVG protection, AVG seems to have taken over other things that I have not requested. In particular, every time I open a new tab in Firefox I now get an AVG/Yahoo search page. I do not want this. How can I change it to get a Google search page (as I used to have)?

Since installing AVG protection, AVG seems to have taken over other things that I have not requested. In particular, every time I open a new tab in Firefox I now get an AVG/Yahoo search page. I do not want this. How can I change it to get a Google search page (as I used to have)?

Ilungisiwe ngu phillro

All Replies (5)

Swapnilrustagi
Swapnilrustagi
more options

Contact AVG for this. I cannot help because I use Avast! FREE Anti Virus. But I remember AVG had a Link Scanner which kept us safe and also a toolbar. Try to disable the AVG! Toolbar in Firefox Extensions.

A better antivirus to choose is Avast! FREE AntiVirus. You need to do a FREE registration for Avast! Now the Avast! FREE AntiVirus 6.0 provides Sandboxing so that applications run in a virtual environment and your PC stays malware free. Also included is Avast! WebRep which provides reputation data about websites. Also included is protection from online threats. In Scanning Avast! has Full system scan, Quick Scan, Removable Disk scan and also two special scans - Screen Saver Scan and Boot-time scan. The screensaver scan allows Avast! to do scanning when ever the screen saver is active. The Boot-Time Scan scans for threats before your PC boots up.

Ilungisiwe ngu Swapnilrustagi

phillro
phillro Umnini wombuzo
more options

Is there a way to set what the default should be when a new tab opens up?

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
  • Moderator
more options

A blank page is the default for a new tab in Firefox. And there is no hidden pref for changing that in Firefox by default.

AVG has been including Yahoo garbage for almost 3 years now.
http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2008/03/grisoftavg-version-8-includes-yahoo.html
IMO, it is a sorry state when an anti-virus application includes something that many users consider as Malware, especially when the user deselects what appears to be an option and they force install it anyways.

Helper7677
Helper7677
more options

See: http://www.avg.com/special-toolbar-how-to-disable-search-tlbrf.tpl-mcr1

You also may need to:
You MAY need to reset a preference:

  1. Enter about:config in the address/URL bar and press the Enter key
  2. f you see a warning, accept it (Promise that you will be careful)
  3. Filter = keyword.url
  4. Below the Filter, right-click on keyword.URL and choose "Reset"
  5. Restart Firefox (File > Restart Firefox)
  6. See:
Swapnilrustagi
Swapnilrustagi
more options

AVG is piece of crap now. AVG ruled in past times because it was the first to give a FREE antivirus with plenty of features. You can get many free antiviruses today. AVG is claimed to use 60% of CPU on slow machines, even when it was not scanning. I have tried AVG 8.0 and 8.5, my CPU usage was around 70% always. Also I had a dangerous virus on a removable disk. AVG scanned for viruses and it deleted them but when I restarted my PC, my PC programs did not work. Strange warnings started appearing. AVG started but did not find any viruses. AVG itself was half-damaged by the virus.