When I open firefox, it starts not on my homepage, but on a search page I've never willingly downloaded, and have uninstalled from my computer. Why?
Today, I've had quite some trouble with my computer. I think it was attacked by something sneaky, but I managed to stop it and fix everything. Everything but this one thing.
When I open the firefox browser, it does not automatically go to my homepage, despite having followed every instruction for this to happen. Instead, it opens in a search engine called "awesomehp" which I have, previously to this, never heard of, and never installed. WHen I click the "home"-button, it goes to my actual homepage, and everything is ok.
I have tried to uninstall this...."awesomehp" search engine, but it STILL shows up automatically when I open FireFox. Why? And this is even after I've reset FireFox to its default settings once.
Why does this happen, and what can I do to fix it?
Wubrane rozrisanje
Sounds like you picked up a page hijacker. See this for help getting rid of it:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-awesomehp.com-browser-hijacker
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Wubrane rozrisanje
Sounds like you picked up a page hijacker. See this for help getting rid of it:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-awesomehp.com-browser-hijacker
Every now and then, you should run these programs
Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
- TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility
- Hitman Pro
- ESET Online Scanner
Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.
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Thank you so much for the help! It really worked!!!