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Question

Yahoo Search bar

by Mar 10, 2015 10:54AM PDT

I have a laptop acer aspire 4520 and I took it to the local computer service center but he did not remove all the issues on here. Windows popping up all over the place and I cannot get the Yahoo search engine off of the browser which is my main concern. I've tried going into the control panel etc. I've tried going into uninstall programs and still I cannot get it off. I installed Firefox and that won't load I had to uninstall Google Chrome because that crashed now I am getting all these ads coming through when I try to get onto the internet. Is there anyway to get Yahoo off of this computer.

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2 things.
by Former Forum moderator Mar 10, 2015 11:15AM PDT

1. Use Grif's advice at http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6122_102-5509131.html?tag=posts;msg5509131
to scan and remove the usual hijackers and more.

2. RESET each browser to dust off any add ons. For each Browser you find how to reset (uninstall, reinstall does not remove these!) Now with Firefox defaulting to Yahoo search one more change. Select the search engine in Firefox of your choice.
Bob

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by FieryVixen7 Mar 11, 2015 3:46AM PDT

It seems that the only simple solution is to wipe this computer clean but the reason that isn't done is because I do not have access to the Windows operating system or the other tools they have on this computer like Microsoft word..when it was brought to the computer service store they should have done this automatically for them instead of just charging up the battery and deleting minor things on the computer they did absolutely nothing for $200 dollars...I just want to get that yahoo page off which seems to me yahoo snuck this thing in and now it won't come off.

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Strange but not.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Mar 11, 2015 3:59AM PDT

I hear you. The repairs may be beyond most folk so they'll just reload.
Bob

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