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Don't see vshare plugin

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Multipart Problem/Questions. I just updated MY AV/Avast. It said that I have a plugin "VShare" that isn't trusted by most users and wants me to uninstall, but I do research before I take action. So, I believe I know where and how I got it, I did it purposely a long time ago. It does not show up anywhere in my firefox Addons or Plugins or Extensions etc. I searched my computer it does show up in a different "Profile" I believe, must have been the Default. So I searched Google and came to a site that's titled "Uninstall Fake vShare TV Plugin / Extension for Firefox and Chrome" http://www.webtlk.com/2010/11/21/uninstall-fake-vshare-tv-pluginextension-for-firefox-and-chrome/ In there it says for FireFox how to remove, but I do not have a keyword.URL in my About:Config I only have keyword.enabled True. So that is 2 problems. Next I wanted to know in about:Config there are BOLD Strings, why? are they new? Some are a little conspicuous to me because I ONLY know what they could be and not what they really are, which are, extensions.wrc.SearchRules.(HERE are several different sites.com's etc) Some are foreign to me) not sure what to make of it. Any help is very much appreciated. P.S. I installed the "Trouble Shooter".

Multipart Problem/Questions. I just updated MY AV/Avast. It said that I have a plugin "VShare" that isn't trusted by most users and wants me to uninstall, but I do research before I take action. So, I believe I know where and how I got it, I did it purposely a long time ago. It does not show up anywhere in my firefox Addons or Plugins or Extensions etc. I searched my computer it does show up in a different "Profile" I believe, must have been the Default. So I searched Google and came to a site that's titled "Uninstall Fake vShare TV Plugin / Extension for Firefox and Chrome" http://www.webtlk.com/2010/11/21/uninstall-fake-vshare-tv-pluginextension-for-firefox-and-chrome/ In there it says for FireFox how to remove, but I do not have a keyword.URL in my About:Config I only have keyword.enabled True. So that is 2 problems. Next I wanted to know in about:Config there are BOLD Strings, why? are they new? Some are a little conspicuous to me because I ONLY know what they could be and not what they really are, which are, extensions.wrc.SearchRules.(HERE are several different sites.com's etc) Some are foreign to me) not sure what to make of it. Any help is very much appreciated. P.S. I installed the "Trouble Shooter".

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Software installers can add plugins and extensions to Firefox by adding them to the Windows registry, or by dropping them into shared folders. So you might get detections in unexpected places on the hard drive.

Generally speaking, I suggest the following process for cleaning up unwanted software:

Open the Windows Control Panel, Uninstall a Program. Click the "Installed on" column heading to group the infections, I mean, additions, by date. This can help in smoking out undisclosed bundle items that snuck in with some software you agreed to install. Take out as much trash as possible here.

Then, in Firefox, open the Add-ons page using either:

  • Ctrl+Shift+a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Plugins. Set nonessential and unrecognized plugins to "Never Activate".

In the left column, click Extensions. Then, if in doubt, disable (or Remove, if possible) unrecognized and unwanted extensions.

Often a link will appear above at least one disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links as the last step.

Finally, you can "mop up" remaining issues with the scanning/cleaning tools listed in our support article: Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware.

In about:config:

  • You can ignore the old advice about keyword.URL. That is obsolete because the address bar now uses the same search engine you select in the separate search bar.
  • Bold items are new or have been changed from their factory defaults. Some of them are bolded when you modify settings in Firefox dialogs, some are added by add-ons (for example, extensions.wrc appears to relate to the avast! extension), and some are computed by Firefox, such as the last time it checked for updates.