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Old 02-22-2014, 01:40 PM
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Default Yahoo has hijacked my home page...how to get rid of it?

Recently my home page started opening to yahoo web site.
I went back into my options in Mozilla Firefox and changed the home page back to the one I prefer.

No problem except when I close Firefox and open again later it has replaced my home page with Yahoo.

I have been unable to find where or how to disable yahoo.

Any suggestions appreciated.
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How to set the home page | Firefox Help

Hope this helps.
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Never had any experience with that issue, but did see this article...

How do I stop yahoo from being my default homepage? | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support
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Default Here is same type info but easier to follow IMO

Here is same type info but easier to follow IMO

Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page | Firefox Help
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Use Microsoft Explorer instead of firefox.
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Use Microsoft Explorer instead of firefox.
I fixed this same problem for someone that was using Microsoft Explorer.

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I had that happen to me also. It was certainly annoying. I had to switch to Firefox because I couldn't use my bank's website with Explorer anymore on my new laptop. Not sure why since it worked on my old laptop. I personally hate any updates since it usually means I will have no idea what to do.
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I fixed this same problem for someone that was using Microsoft Explorer.

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The explorer team must be slipping they use to have a block on that kind of thing from the competition to Bing.
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Try following this link. This should reset Firefox to make it save your settings.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...nces-wont-save

If that doesn't work you could re-install Firefox.
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I had the same problem and had to resort to restoring my computer software to an earlier set-point date to get rid of it. The Yahoo Toolbar is especially aggravating - to me it's nothing more than malware. I dislike everything Yahoo for that reason.
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