Previously, whenever I type something in Firefox addressbar and press enter, the search engine used is Google. Nowadays whenever I type something in the Firefox addressbar and pressed enter, the search engine used have changed to Microsoft’s Bing! I never recalled changing it so I did a search and found the following solution….
Filed under: Firefox, Spywares, Tips & Tricks | Tagged: Bing hijack Firefox addressbar search
Type about:config in Firefox addressbar and search for “bing.”
Right click browser.search.defaultenginename url change to google
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Oh, thank you! I’m so thankful I found this helpful information,you’ve posted here. I have been so annoyed with the fact that Bing jacked my browser to increase its usage numbers. I, as I;m sure many people who use firefox know, that if i type a word into the address bar, if the word has a domain registered with it it immediately just comes up. No need to type http:// or .com. if i want to go to walmart thats what i type in the bar. all of a sudden Bing’s jacked me and added a level of irritaion to a feature I enjoyed. Congratulation on all your success with Bing, Microsoft. If at first you don’t succeed, cram it down my throat. Google FTW
Here’s how you change firefox’s address bar search from bing to google.
Type “about:config” in firefox address bar and type “keyword.url”. right click and choose modify and type “http://www.google.com/search?q=”
Ref:: http://www.blogsolute.com/2009/09/change-default-firefox-search-engine-bing-wikipedia-yahoo.html
the above method works for keyword searches… and forwards your entry to a google search result page, but if you type in “walmart” or “engadget”, it still takes you to the search result page instead of directly to the actual website.
i installed ccleaner and somehow did a double click through the wizard and the gay ask.com toolbar got installed… but even after removing it, it’s hijacking of firefox is still around.
after doing the above and changing the search engine back… i can enter in a keyword but it ALWAYS sends me to a search result page instead of directly to the website if there is a domain registered for that keyword.
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