How to remove a virus (or redirect) and restore home page and search engine in Mozilla Firefox
Step 1: Check your Firefox shortcut
- Right click on your Mozilla Firefox shortcut on the desktop or in the start menu or on the taskbar.
- Choose ‘Properties.
- Select a ‘Shortcut’ tab.
- Remove a malicious web site from the end of the command line.
- Click OK to save changes.
Step 2: Remove Malicious Add-ons
Click on the Firefox menu button (located at the top right corner).
- Click on the ‘Add-ons’ button.
- Choose ‘Extensions’.
- Remove malicious extensions.
Pay attention! Extension with ‘Adblock’ name may be not a real Adblock extension. It may be a fake extension. You can remove all extensions and then download only required extensions from a Mozilla web site.
Step 3: Set your Firefox Home Page
- Click on the menu button.
- Choose Options.
- Set the option: ‘When Firefox starts’ to ‘Show my homepage‘.
- Type in your homepage URL in the ‘Home Page’ field.
Step 4: Change Default Search Engine
- Click on the menu button.
- Choose Options.
- Select the Search tab.
- Select your preferred search engine from drop down menu.
If it does not help, then reset your Firefox to the default state
- Click on the menu button.
- Click on ‘?’ button.
- Choose ‘Troubleshooting information’ from the list.
- Click ‘Reset Firefox’ button.
- Confirm resetting Firefox.
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