yahoo web search is driving me batty!!

thechippy

Hi all, hope you can help.

I'm using firefox and the default search / page is google.

However, when I open a new tab, it's the yahoo search page.

I,ve tried about:config
add remove programmes
firefox add on's and extentions etc and just can't stop it doing this.

Any ideas appreciated. Thanks...:D

RussJK

Could be another extension, e.g. freeze.com assistant extension does it.

You could run Firefox in safe mode (Help > restart with addons disabled), or manually disable all extensions to see if that helps. If you list all your extensions, it might help (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/extension-list-dumper/).

If not, try disabling Java in the browser as a test and see if it still happens:
Tools > Options > Content tab by unchecking Enable JavaScript. (can re-enable after)

thechippy

Thanks for that.

I found and disabled freeze.com.
Now when I open a new tab, yahoo web search is gone, but the page just says "new tab" there is no search engine on it.
When I used to open a new tab, it would basically be a copy of the home page, ie; google.

Thanks again for your help

OneADay

Firefox->Options, General tab and change the option for "When firefox starts".....

RussJK

Some extensions might restore that function for you:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities/ > Load in new tab, then put https://www.google.co.uk
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities-lite/

thechippy

RussJK wrote: »

Some extensions might restore that function for you:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities/ > Load in new tab, then put www.google.co.uk
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities-lite/

Thanks,

That worked a treat. You're a star....:D

Edit.

Out of curiousity, if freeze.com is re-enabled, the new tab will still open as Yahoo. Do you know why that is?

RussJK

thechippy wrote: »

Thanks,

That worked a treat. You're a star....:D
Out of curiousity, if freeze.com is re-enabled, the new tab will still open as Yahoo. Do you know why that is?

No worries; probably they get paid by yahoo to override your choices

thechippy

Thanks mate,

I've deleted freeze.com now....;)

spud17

Just catching up and Googled freeze .com, it seems it's a right pain, you've done the right thing, best rid of it.

e.g. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081130185524AAr5R89

Did you also get a load of spam?