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I have been trying to get rid of Babylon to absolutely no success; in About:config, it shows up, and I can't delete it, I want to delete all entries.

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I have tried everything to get rid of Babylon. I took all mention of it out of the registry, deleted every file I could find, and the only place that lists it is in about:config. Two files won't let me change it to default. I believe those two files let babylon re-insert itself. It stopped showing up awhile ago in the add-remove programs. It no longer puts a toolbar in, just installs itself as the homepage. And no, my homepage has not been changed in settings. Please help! Both start with : avg.install.userHPSettings. One is the babylon webpage, the other is Search the web(babylon).

I have tried everything to get rid of Babylon. I took all mention of it out of the registry, deleted every file I could find, and the only place that lists it is in about:config. Two files won't let me change it to default. I believe those two files let babylon re-insert itself. It stopped showing up awhile ago in the add-remove programs. It no longer puts a toolbar in, just installs itself as the homepage. And no, my homepage has not been changed in settings. Please help! Both start with : avg.install.userHPSettings. One is the babylon webpage, the other is Search the web(babylon).

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cor-el
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You can check for problems with preferences and try to rename or delete the prefs.js file and possible numbered prefs-##.js files and a possible user.js file to reset all prefs to the default values.