babylon adware problem
Hello
Babylon is not going whenever i open a new tab, this link opens up search.babylon.com/?affID=112555&tt=120912_ccp_3912_5&babsrc=NT_ss&mntrId=1e952ccb00000000000000ff83d0e34f
Please help removed about:config entries, but comes up on every firefox restart.. :(
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You need to remove the software that you have installed, the names may not be too obvious, then you need to reset the preferences that have been set by babylon related software, there is an add-on that helps to do that.
Babylon themselves do offer some advice on removing the software, and Firefox staff are currently working on updating our advice documentation on these problems.
Have a look at
- Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page
- I would NOT personally advise you try the Firefox Reset at this stage. It removes extensions and other settings. It will not remove globally installed software as is likely to be associated with babylon
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/
it is a restartless add-on it installs easily and cleans up your settings.
What software have you found and removed so far ?
and do you know where you got babylon from ?
(It is likely to have been bundled with something else, not many users seem to deliberately install it)
Note to self
I do not think the searchreset add-on removes or modifies the user.js file That may also need deleting or modifying. http://kb.mozillazine.org/User.js_file
Okulungisiwe ngu John99
See also these pages about Babylon Toolbar:
Hey meethere
Please try the follow :
Go to Control Panel, click Programs (software).
Uninstall "Browser Manager" + "Bprotector" + "Object Installer" + "Babylon Toolbar on IE"
> Open a new Firefox window (website)
> Go to Tools> Options> and go to change your order, the Home. ( f.e www.google.de) and click OK.
> Remove the search engine of Babylon by clicking the small arrow next to the icon of Babylon
> Manage Search Engines
> select Babylon and Remove
> Close Firefox and open again
> write in the address Bar "about:config " and click Enter
> Write in the search engine "Babylon."
> Click on any 'Babylon' preferences with the right mouse button and select "Reset"
In the following video you can see how to change TAB URL :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yPX-ZJ5fQc&feature=related
Restart your Computer and see if it worked
for more info you can click here :
http://www.babylon.com/uninstall_search/firefox
Cheers Babylon Support