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How to reset Firefox default search engine

Recently my firefox was hijacked by ICQ. And every search through the address bar returns to the ICQ search engine. Even removal of related add-ons won’t work. After digging up the web for a solution, here is a simple way to reset the search facility.

 

  1. On the address bar, type ‘about:config’ without quotes.
  2. Locate keyword.url
  3. Right click on it and reset.

You may also wish to remove ICQ search through ‘manage search engines’.

If you insist on using ICQ, get lite here.

[tags] firefox, icq[/tags]

17 Responses to How to reset Firefox default search engine

  1. muzammal says:

    Thanks for sharing. I learned from here that how can I set my Firefox browser as default browser.

  2. kelly says:

    many thanks!!! have been trying to get rid of an incredimail hijack for days and this finally shifted the bugger!

  3. JFspam says:

    many thanks!!!

  4. Thanks! Saved my day.

  5. rika-chama says:

    heh, thanx a bunch! firefox was totally hijacked by icq on my end too, and i’ve been scurrying around my pc trying to exterminate the little buggers. i think ive got most of them

  6. Jimmy Tran says:

    Thanks Soo Much! For all the things AVG is good for, Yahoo Search his not one of them. Thanks again!

  7. Sphoorti says:

    Thank you so much! That helped a LOT!

  8. ednlible says:

    Thank you, a thousand times thank you!

  9. ednlible says:

    Oh, by the way, evidently this is the fix for any program that has hijacked the default search because bing that did this to me. I try soooo hard to watch out for automatic add-ons and changes of default but somehow they insidiously find a way to sneak by.

  10. Chkiron says:

    Thanks, man!

    Same problem as you, ICQ hijacked the search engine :-/

  11. Stevo says:

    Unfortunately, Yahoo has found a way to by-pass these changes to the Firefox about:config file. As much as I change 3 files having to do with the default engine, Yahoo still manages to sneak in there!!! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  12. bard says:

    You need also to delete the content of the folder
    searchplugins\ICQ*.* in the user setting

  13. Dina says:

    thanks a million!!!!!

  14. laugau says:

    thanks you very much. That’s bullshits… I should never take ICQ.. but it was for my work…
    thank you

  15. Firefox default search says:

    Hey, that was helpful, i have read an other article on how to reset the Firefox default I’m feeling lucky search at Firefox default i’m feeling lucky search

  16. This does not work in Win 7 64 bit even after a restart of FireFox 3.x. Possibly a complete operating system restart may enable the reset. I’ll see

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