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Mighty Mouse

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Jan 14, 2024, 9:44:59 PM1/14/24
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I have my FF search engine set to Google, but lately it uses Bing every
time I search. any ideas what could be wrong?

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Xeno

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Jan 15, 2024, 7:38:34 AM1/15/24
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On 15/1/2024 1:44 pm, Mighty Mouse wrote:
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> I have my FF search engine set to Google, but lately it uses Bing every
> time I search. any ideas what could be wrong?
>
There is a Bing search hijacker out there.

Remove Bing entirely as a search option. Then it will NEVER use Bing.

https://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Bing-from-Firefox

This is for MAC but it may apply to yours as well

https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-20756




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Mighty Mouse

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Jan 15, 2024, 3:29:50 PM1/15/24
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Xeno wrote:
> On 15/1/2024 1:44 pm, Mighty Mouse wrote:
>>
>> I have my FF search engine set to Google, but lately it uses Bing
>> every time I search. any ideas what could be wrong?
>>
> There is a Bing search hijacker out there.
>
> Remove Bing entirely as a search option. Then it will NEVER use Bing.
>
> https://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Bing-from-Firefox
>
> This is for MAC but it may apply to yours as well
>
> https://helpcenter.trendmicro.com/en-us/article/tmka-20756
>
>
>
>

I found the cause, thanks. see here ..
https://geekdroids.com/importenterpriseroots/
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