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Firefox browser hijacked by Duckduckgo

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My Firefox browser has been hijacked by Duckduckgo on my windows 7 computer. How do I get rid of it?

My Firefox browser has been hijacked by Duckduckgo on my windows 7 computer. How do I get rid of it?

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You can check for recently installed suspicious or unknown extensions.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window

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