How do I disable Yahoo BH after uninstalling Yahoo and clearing BHOs from registry?

Question

I have uninstalled a yahoo toolbar and other yohoo items listed in programs and features, I have run Hijack This and hunted for references to Yahoo BHO's, I have looked for yahoo BHO's in the registry and found nothing, but still, when my internet connection goes on the blink, Firefoxe redirects me to a web address that begins with:
http://au.data.toolbar.yahoo.com/bh/v1/epa/?...
It is annoying, and I'd be grateful for instructions on how to stop it.
I am running Windows Vista SP2 and Firefox 6.0.2

Answer 1

Hi gunnermac,
You should take a look at the Knowledge Base article [[How to set the home page]]. Your homepage might have been changed by a particular site. Sites like MSN, Yahoo, etc have been know to ask to become your homepage.
There are steps in that article to reset your homepage preferences to default. I would try that first to clear out any strangeness. If that works, you can try setting your homepage again to your personal preference.
If Yahoo has been set as the default search in the search bar, you should take a look at the Knowledge Base article [[Search bar]].
If the address bar search has been changed as well, you might want to take a look at [[Location bar search]].
If that doesn't work you should look at the article [[Preferences are not saved]].
Finally, your issue may be because you've been hit with some [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Is%20my%20Firefox%20problem%20a%20result%20of%20malware?s=malware&r=0&e=sph&as=s#w_how-do-i-get-rid-of-malware Malware].
Hopefully this helps!