How to prevent 3rd party applications from changing FF settings (e.g. homepage)?

On Windows 7 (Firefox 15 Beta) i cancelled installation of an unwanted application, but it changed the firefox homepage and added a search engine. How can i prevent this from happening in the future - is there a firefox setting or are this changes entirely managed by windows?

For your current problem, you can use [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/] to revert these settings.
Unfortunately there isn't a real way to prevent this from happen. You can, when installing programs, make sure you read through every setting, and not install toolbars, search engines, etc. However, if the program is malicious they may not give you an options and will just install it anyway.

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