I cannot run Firefox browser as main browser even though i have deleated everything from computer and re instaled the browser opens adds by favorite and does not open firefox browsing /google page

I have stopped using firefox as default because of issues that started about 12 months ago . Instead of the usual fierfox browser opening it was hijacked by Talk talk uk page and also bombarded by adds by ( FAVORITE ) , I have errased everything from my computer regarding firefox / mozilla / thunderbird and also erased all bookmarks etc so as no trace could hinder the re installation but to no avail !
So i am back on chrome and have no issues !

Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs.<br />
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.<br />
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.<br />
<br />
* http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
* http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
* http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
* http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
* http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
See also:
* "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked

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