May 10, 2008
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.
- On the address bar, type ‘about:config’ without quotes.
- Locate keyword.url
- 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]
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Comments on How to reset Firefox default search engine »
Thanks for sharing. I learned from here that how can I set my Firefox browser as default browser.
many thanks!!! have been trying to get rid of an incredimail hijack for days and this finally shifted the bugger!
many thanks!!!
Thanks! Saved my day.
Thank you so much! That helped a LOT!
Thank you, a thousand times thank you!
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.