Delta-search taken over firefox
Hi,
after the last reminder to update firefox, this "delta-search" has taken over my firefox.
This is the rubbish that comes up:
http://www.delta-search.com/?affID=115892&tt=261112_yh_4812_3&babsrc=HP_ss&mntrId=a883be400000000000008ca98225286d
I have uninstalled and reinstalled firefox countless times.
I have read the support reference to this issue in mozilla help, but there is no "babylon" installed on my computer.
I have run virus, malware etc...scans which show no bad stuff.
I am not savvy enough to know how to get into regedit and change this kind of stuff, although, from the support feedback this does not seem to solve the problem anyway.
I am really desperate now. I am a very long time firefox user and mozilla supporter and I do not know what has happened to my favorite web program.
I would be very, very grateful for some help please, otherwise, I will no longer be able to use firefox.
Thank you kindly
hello the browser manager & general crawler extensions are malware. though they appear to be disabled already, please see if you can remove them from firefox > addons > extensions.
then please install the search reset addon - it will revert the most common customziations those adware programs do in firefox back to the default: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/
in case this didn't solve the issue please try this: go to firefox > help > troubleshooting information > profile folder - "show folder", then a new window will open up. in this window look out for a file named '''user.js''' (it might be used to overwrite your custom settings). in case it is present , delete or rename this file and restart firefox afterwards.
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