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What happened to the grid of sites we use daily when pressing the plus (+) sign at the end of the current address?

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Up until today, when I pressed the plus (+) sign at the end of the 'google search' which comes up when I bring up Mozilla Firefox.....Now I am getting a search site with AVG.....how do it get rid of that and get back what we like and use? Unwanted change is just disgusting!!

Up until today, when I pressed the plus (+) sign at the end of the 'google search' which comes up when I bring up Mozilla Firefox.....Now I am getting a search site with AVG.....how do it get rid of that and get back what we like and use? Unwanted change is just disgusting!!

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You can set check the browser.newtab.url pref on the about:config page and make sure it is set to about:newtab
Also make sure that the new tab page is enabled (there is a 3x3 grid icon in the top right corner of the about:newtab page)

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.