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* Firefox search engineMighty Mouse
`* Re: Firefox search engineXeno
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From: "squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com (Mighty Mouse)
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Subject: Firefox search engine
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:44:56 +1100
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 by: Mighty Mouse - Mon, 15 Jan 2024 02:44 UTC

I have my FF search engine set to Google, but lately it uses Bing every
time I search. any ideas what could be wrong?

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 by: Xeno - Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:38 UTC

On 15/1/2024 1:44 pm, Mighty Mouse wrote:
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> I have my FF search engine set to Google, but lately it uses Bing every
> time I search. any ideas what could be wrong?
>
There is a Bing search hijacker out there.

Remove Bing entirely as a search option. Then it will NEVER use Bing.

https://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Bing-from-Firefox

This is for MAC but it may apply to yours as well

https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-20756

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 by: Mighty Mouse - Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:29 UTC

Xeno wrote:
> On 15/1/2024 1:44 pm, Mighty Mouse wrote:
>>
>> I have my FF search engine set to Google, but lately it uses Bing
>> every time I search. any ideas what could be wrong?
>>
> There is a Bing search hijacker out there.
>
> Remove Bing entirely as a search option. Then it will NEVER use Bing.
>
> https://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Bing-from-Firefox
>
> This is for MAC but it may apply to yours as well
>
> https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-20756
>
>
>
>

I found the cause, thanks. see here ..
https://geekdroids.com/importenterpriseroots/

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