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WHY IS AOL RUNNING MY ADDRESS BAR

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elizabethlsinger
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WHENEVER I TYPE INTO MY ADDRESS BAR, I GET AN AOL SEARCH. THIS IS NEW. I BELIEVE I USED TO GET A GOOGLE SEARCH. HOW DO I GET RID OF AOL??? TIA

WHENEVER I TYPE INTO MY ADDRESS BAR, I GET AN AOL SEARCH. THIS IS NEW. I BELIEVE I USED TO GET A GOOGLE SEARCH. HOW DO I GET RID OF AOL??? TIA

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Try installing this add-on, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset which will reset your search engine back to google

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Try installing this add-on, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset which will reset your search engine back to google

cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar and search for prefs that refer to ask.com. You can reset user set (bold) prefs via the right-click context menu to the default value.