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Hi - I restarted my computer, and the firefox toolbar has changed to Alcholi language. Is this a sign of an old computer or a hacked computer? I didn't do it...

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I restarted my computer and the firefox toolbar as well as any notifications have changed to the Alcholi language. Is this a sign of an old computer or a hacked computer? I didn't do it. Thank you!

I restarted my computer and the firefox toolbar as well as any notifications have changed to the Alcholi language. Is this a sign of an old computer or a hacked computer? I didn't do it. Thank you!

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Hello,

Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a Clean reinstall. This means you remove Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. You will not lose your profile unless you opt-in to do so. Please follow these steps:

Note: You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.

  1. Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
  2. After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
  3. Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
    • Windows:
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
    • Mac: Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
    • Linux: If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see Install Firefox on Linux. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder firefox in your home directory.
  4. Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
    1. Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
    2. Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.

Please report back to see if this helped you!

Thank you.

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Thank you - but I am also wondering if this is a sign that I was hacked?

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Very unlikely, unless someone else was on your computer or something.

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  • Go to the add on manager and see if it's there
  • Right click the top bar where the toolbars are and see if it's at all there and uncheck it
  • go to add or remove programs and see if the toolbar is there.
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You can also do a check for corrupted and duplicate fonts and other font issues: