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how do I remove " search.hlocalweatherradar.co"? It is auto populating my firefox boot up

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somehow , searching for accuweather , this search thing has hijacked my firefox search bar. Mozilla identifies it as an insecure site but doesn't tell me how to remove it. thanks

somehow , searching for accuweather , this search thing has hijacked my firefox search bar. Mozilla identifies it as an insecure site but doesn't tell me how to remove it. thanks

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Hi,

That searchhlocalweatherradar.co is a browser hijacker, malware that you will of course want to get rid of.

Go to the 3-bar menu (or 'Tools') => Addons => Extensions and look for any unfamiliar or suspicious looking extensions.

When you find any : remove them.

Do the same in your system's Control Panel.

However : most malware will be 'hiding' somewhere , so let's run malware scans :

Further information can be found in this article : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. They all work differently - what one program doesn't pick up, the other might.

Also see : https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-search-hlocalweatherradar-co/

'Hope this helps you to get rid of the nuisance (understatement)  !