I need to change my server. It is now using BearShare
I downloaded BearShare onto my computer and now it is the main server. So when I open a new tab, or search for something, BearShare is the server and I would like to change it back to Firefox. I'm not sure how to do that. I went on BearShare and unclicked the Enable Auto Search, but it still comes up. Please Help.. Thanks!
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Firefox is a web browsing client, not a server. BearShare is a peer-to-peer file sharing application. Are you talking about a default browser, or maybe a default search engine, or perhaps your server connections got changed?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_browser
To change the default search engine used from the addressbar, change these settings in about:config:
- browser.search.defaultenginename - Google is default
- keyword.URL - http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q= is default
As far as connection settings go, I find that "No Proxy" works the best.
Type about:config in the Location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key. When you see a warning, click I'll be careful, I promise! button.
- Preferences that have been modified are shown as bold (user set).
- Preferences can be Reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.
-> In the Filter bar, type bear. This will show all bear related preferences.
- Reset all these Preferences to their Default values (right-click a preference and click Reset)
-> Close the about:config tab and then Restart Firefox.
Check and tell if its working.
See:
- http://www.ehow.com/how_6609141_remove-bearshare-spyware.html
- http://www.fanhow.com/answers/question-77222-how-to-delete-bearshare-search-from-firefox
You can look for a "Mediabar" program under "Control Panel > Programs and features"
See also this forum thread about BearShare: