This may be just that the HomePage has been changed, which is easily rectified. * see [[how to set the home page]] On the other hand software maybe a plugin could have been installed that is changing Firefox behaviour and its settings. * see [[searches are redirected to another site]] I am not sure what you mean by connecting to firefox directly, but try typing ''about:home'' into your location/address bar and hitting the return key, that will give you the standard home page.