{"id":63019,"date":"2016-10-16T18:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/?p=63019"},"modified":"2016-10-20T20:40:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T17:40:51","slug":"remove-virus-from-mozilla-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/howto\/remove-virus-from-mozilla-firefox.htm","title":{"rendered":"How to remove a virus from Mozilla Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How to remove a virus (or redirect) and restore home page and search engine in Mozilla Firefox<\/h1>\n

Step 1: Check your Firefox shortcut<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Right click on your Mozilla Firefox shortcut on the desktop or in the start menu or on the taskbar.<\/li>\n
  2. Choose ‘Properties.<\/li>\n
  3. Select a ‘Shortcut’ tab.<\/li>\n
  4. Remove a malicious web site from the end of the command line.<\/li>\n
  5. Click OK to save changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Step 2: Remove Malicious Add-ons<\/strong>
    \nClick on the Firefox menu button \"firefox (located at the top right corner).<\/p>

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    1. Click on the ‘Add-ons’ button.<\/li>\n
    2. Choose ‘Extensions’.<\/li>\n
    3. Remove malicious extensions.
      \nPay attention!<\/strong> 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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \"Remove<\/a>

      Remove Mozilla Firefox extensions<\/p><\/div>\n

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      Step 3: Set your Firefox Home Page<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Click on the menu button.<\/li>\n
      2. Choose Options.<\/li>\n
      3. Set the option: ‘When Firefox starts’<\/strong> to ‘Show my homepage<\/strong>‘.<\/li>\n
      4. Type in your homepage URL in the ‘Home Page’ field.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        \"Change<\/a>

        Change Firefox Home Page<\/p><\/div>\n

        \u00a0Step 4: Change Default Search Engine<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Click on the menu button.<\/li>\n
        2. Choose Options.<\/li>\n
        3. Select the Search<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n
        4. Select your preferred search engine from drop down menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          If it does not help, then reset your Firefox to the default state<\/h2>\n
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          1. Click on the menu button.<\/li>\n
          2. Click on ‘?’ button.<\/li>\n
          3. Choose ‘Troubleshooting information’ from the list.<\/li>\n
          4. Click ‘Reset Firefox’ button.<\/li>\n
          5. Confirm resetting Firefox.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            \n\"Remove<\/a><\/p>\n


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            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 […]
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