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Why is Yahoo screening my internet searches and denying me access to websites like parts of CBC?

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iwantfirefoxtoworkasitusedto
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Why is it that yahoo has started filtering my internet usage? I get messages like: "We did not find results for thumbnail cbc because SafeSearch is active and your query contains some restricted word(s). Try the suggestions below or type a new query above. To search for thumbnail cbc, change your SafeSearch preferences."

I do not use yahoo for anything! Yahoo has been denying me access to certain websites that I've been accessing for a long time. This used to only seem to affect some video content, now I'm having problems accessing all kinds of websites. Is this a virus? How do I get rid of this? The only solution I have found is to use internet explorer and I much prefer firefox!

Why is it that yahoo has started filtering my internet usage? I get messages like: "We did not find results for thumbnail cbc because SafeSearch is active and your query contains some restricted word(s). Try the suggestions below or type a new query above. To search for thumbnail cbc, change your SafeSearch preferences." I do not use yahoo for anything! Yahoo has been denying me access to certain websites that I've been accessing for a long time. This used to only seem to affect some video content, now I'm having problems accessing all kinds of websites. Is this a virus? How do I get rid of this? The only solution I have found is to use internet explorer and I much prefer firefox!

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John99
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If you see the problem with Fireox but not with Internet Explorer, then it does seem to be a Firefox related problem, rather than say globally installed software or something to do with your Internet Provider.

I note in the UK (Great Britain) new connections to Internet Providers now offer porn etc filters.

Two possibilities I immediately think of are

  1. You have not installed a standard Mozilla version of Firefox but have used a third party, modified build.
  2. You are using Yahoo without knowing it or you have some other software filtering search results
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