Can't get firefox to start
Clic on firefox icon - get wait symbol - after a few seconds it goes away & firefox never loads
eddyc,
I'm not totally confident I have removed everything I need to - is the taskbar at the bottom left hand side of screen?. I went into control panel-programs-uninstall a program and found "IMinent Toolbar" (3.37 MB) that was installed on May 15th. IMinent was the name of the browser I removed. I also saw another toolbar titled "Searchqu" (29MB) published by Bandoo Media with an install date of 5-18, which is the same date when all my problems begun. I notice now that when I launch internet explorer it goes to this address "http://searchnu.com/421". I have previously downloaded malwarebytes & I'm running it now.
I did find firefox running under the task manager-processes tab. I closed it, then tried to relaunch firefox with the same results - the cursor turns into a small rotating circle (wait) for 4-5 seconds, then goes back to a pointer & firefox never starts. No help.
I'm a little hesitant to delete firefox without actually backing up my profile, mostly because I'm concerned about loosing my bookmarks. Should I try to do that first?
Note: I went into control panel-programs-change start up programs & found a Bandoo Media data manager, filename DATAMN-1.exe. Installed 5-18-12. I can't help thinking that my problems are due to the accidental downloading of the Bandoo stuff & that it is hijacking firefox and who knows what else. Should I try to uninstall the Searchqu stuff before I remove/reload firefox?
Thanks for your time & patience,
Joe
PS: Malwarebytes didn't find anything but it was out off date so I'm updating it & will run again.
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