When i open the browser, it automatically open a search engine. It does nt go even when i have selected the option"show a blank page" in the settings!

this page search engine website gets automatically opened whenever i open the browser.

Possible solution: if you type ''about:config'' in your address bar and search there for ''browser.startup.homepage'', you can check if it has a strange value and change it to a page you'd like.

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