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my homepage changes fom google to imesh every time i restart firefox

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today i installed firefox and set my homepage to google but when i press the close and again start it after sometime it comes back to the imesh search

today i installed firefox and set my homepage to google but when i press the close and again start it after sometime it comes back to the imesh search

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To revert to Google as your preferred search engine, please do the following.

  • In the location bar, type about:config and hit Enter.

  • In the filter at the top, type: keyword.URL

  • Double click it and remove whatever's in there and replace it with http://www.google.com/search?q=

The URL to add in "keyword.URL" becomes a link in this post, so right click it and choose "Copy Link Location" to copy it to the Windows clipboard. Then hit CTRL+V to paste it. Saves you having to type the whole thing.


To reset your home page, do the following.

  • Go to the site you want to set as your homepage.

  • Click the orange Firefox button and go to Options | Options | General

  • Make sure it says "Show My Homepage" in the first dropdown menu.

  • Click the button called "Use Current Pages" to set the homepage to the one you have on the screen.

After you complete the above steps, install this add-on to prevent another search engine from modifying your preferences: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browserprotect/


I notice also that your Flash plugin is seriously out of date which exposes your system to attack. Update via http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Here's the relevant Adobe security advisory: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html