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can't turn off safe search

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how do you turn off safe search? nothing works

how do you turn off safe search? nothing works

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Is this about searching via Google search?

Are you logged in to Google?

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i have tried all the forums, and suggestions on there do not solve my problem with safe search

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Can you clarify what safe search feature this is about?

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Stab in the dark : You're talking about a browser hijacker, like 'SafeSearch Incognito' or 'SafeSearch net' ...... (?)

In that case : Go to the 3-bar menu (or   'Tools') => Addons => Extensions and look for any unfamiliar or suspicious looking extensions, like e.g. :

SafeSearch Incognito SearchAssist Incognito SafeSearch net File Convertor and Search Addon

When you find any : remove them.

Do the same in Windows' Control Panel => Programs.

However :   most malware will be 'hiding' somewhere , so let's run malware scans :

Further information can be found in this article :
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners.
They all work differently   -   what one program doesn't pick up, the other might.

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this did help me learn a little bit more about my computer program. haven't done malware check yet. Thank you very much for this information Happy112.

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almiller1969 said

this did help me learn a little bit more about my computer program. haven't done malware check yet. Thank you very much for this information Happy112.

You're welcome  ! Do the names of the possible hijackers ring any bells  ? After you've run those malware scans, you will let us know if you got rid of that nuisance, won't you  ? Take all the time you need  !

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You posted with a Linux computer, so malware would hardly be an issue.

Does it have any effect if you disable the Ubuntu modification extension that Ubuntu usually ads to Firefox.


Try to create a new profile to test if your current profile is causing the problem. Make sure that there aren't any extensions enabled in the new profile.

See "Creating a profile":

If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a previously used profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over problems.

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As I'm still not sure if you are talking about a browser hijacker, or simply want to turn of Google SafeSearch - you can easlily do that here :

https://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en

Google SafeSearch isn’t tied to any web browser as it’s linked to your Google account.

Modified by Happy112

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I asked you whether this is about Google SafeSearch in my first reply, but you didn't answer what I asked in my first two replies, so could you please confirm what you mean and possibly attach a screenshot to clarify this?

Can you attach a screenshot?

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cor-el said

I asked you whether this is about Google SafeSearch in my first reply, but you didn't answer what I asked in my first two replies

Hence I'm referring to it ....... We can come up with all kinds of well-meant suggestions, but as long as we're not sure what the problem really is, speaking for myself : all I can give are stabs in the dark.