Hi n.p,

I think you may have some unwanted malware. What is the message saying exactly and what site is it recommending?

Here is a link to troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware: Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

Check to see if your Firefox is up to date You could try restarting Firefox in safe mode

To manually do this:

1. On the top right, click the menu button
2. Click Help towards the bottom
3. Click About at the bottom
4. The second line of text will determine if your Firefox is up to date.

Supporting article:

[[Update Firefox to the latest release|https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-release]]

If Firefox is up to date, you could try rebooting Firefox in safe mode. Safe mode starts Firefox with a limited amount of files:

1. Click the menu button
2. Click Help
3. Select Restart with with Add-ons Disabled

  OR

   Hold down the shift key while starting Firefox 

Supporting article:

[[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems|https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems]]

Hope this helps!

Hello n.p.,

You posted this question before (and marked a post as "Chosen Solution") in this thread :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1249496

Apparantly this isn't working for you anymore (?)

In that case; would you please try this :

Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (promise to be careful, if asked)

Type in the search bar :

browser.urlbar

Look for the preference :

browser.urlbar.maxRichResults and set its value to 0 (zero)

Then close and restart Firefox.

If, however, this does not do what you want, then reset the value.

You could also try to toggle this preference :

keyword.enabled (set it to false) and see if that will work for you.

FancyBryce said

Hi n.p, I think you may have some unwanted malware. What is the message saying exactly and what site is it recommending?

The only malware is what come with Firefox itself. What pops up is just an echo of my typing asking to either search of visit.

McCoy said

Hello n.p., You posted this question before (and marked a post as "Chosen Solution") in this thread : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1249496 Apparantly this isn't working for you anymore (?)

You are correct with that assumption. Apparently, something changed in Firefox 68.

McCoy said

In that case; would you please try this : Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter (promise to be careful, if asked) Type in the search bar : browser.urlbar Look for the preference : browser.urlbar.maxRichResults and set its value to 0 (zero) Then close and restart Firefox. If, however, this does not do what you want, then reset the value. You could also try to toggle this preference : keyword.enabled (set it to false) and see if that will work for you.

I looked back at my previous question (I had forgotten about it), and someone had noted (just last month) that:

#PopupAutoCompleteRichResult {display:none !important;}

no longer works in Firefox 68. Instead the new setting is:

#urlbar-results {display:none !important;}

I changed that AND tried your suggestions, and the combination of all of those (not sure which one actually made the difference) has indeed restored the old behavior.

I thank you very much, and will mark this problem solved.

Oops, the number one is supposed to be a pound sign in that reply. Is there some help page for the exact form of markup used here?

n.p. said

Oops, the number one is supposed to be a pound sign in that reply. Is there some help page for the exact form of markup used here?

Hi n.p., putting a # in the first position creates a numbered list item. Putting a * in the first position creates a bulleted list item. Putting a space in the first position creates a preformatted code block.