How do I get rid of Yahoo?
No matter how many times I delete Yahoo as the default search engine and replace it with Bing, the next time I search Yahoo is back, it seems to have a grip on Firefox that can't be broken. This has only happened recently (last 3/4 weeks).
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Hi !
If you have deleted Yahoo Search everywhere, chances are that we're not dealing here with the legitimate Yahoo Search engine, but with search.yahoo.com which is a browser hijacker.
If this is the case :
Go to the 3-bar menu => Addons => and look for any unfamiliar or suspicious looking extensions, like e.g.:
SafeSearch Incognito SearchAssist Incognito
When you find any : remove them.
Also look in : Advanced => Network tab => Under : 'Offline Web Content and User Data'
Do the same in Windows' Control Panel => Programs.
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/yahoo-toolbar-removal/
Many thanks for help, will work my way through those solutions