Grail Knight
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Re: FF3.5 hijack issue with search and bookmarks toolbar
Well just delete the bookmarks and as for the unwanted search engine did you use the searchbox dropdown to Manage Search Engines then remove the one you do not want?
Also in the Fx searchplugins folder located in the Profile Folder you can delete the Ask.com search plugin.
Edit* You should have a backup or two of your bookmarks in your Profile Folder bookmarksbackup folder.
Use the Bookmark Manager to restore one of those backups dated before this happened.
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La Luna
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clubs: | He/she said she/he tried to delete them off the bookmark toolbar but they came back when FF was restarted? |
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Grail Knight
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| I see that but the OP did not say if they tried deleting them using the Bookmark Manager not just right-click delete from the Bookmark Toolbar.
Have not heard of a theme doing this before although I believe Ask.com is included in Fx full install updates.
Areofox is a 5 star theme and there is no mention of additional junk included.
I have to wonder if the OP installed some software that put their junk in Fx by clicking through an install.
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La Luna
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| Ahh, ok.
This is very odd, I installed the upgrade the same way as the OP and had none of this happen. If it was across the board, I'm sure there would be a lot of people here complaining about it.
I too wonder about other installed software or maybe some hijacking?
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