installed or upgraded any new progs recently?

This sort of thing has happened to me in the past: you upgrade a prog, aren't careful (or asked) about additional software bundled with it, and suddenly you have a new homepage and a toolbar you didn't want. It may be that something has helpfully replaced your chosen browser.

Posted By: Sugbad The Bad on November 30th 2013 at 11:38:15

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Tech help....wrong day but! Mozilla Firefox (General Chat) - admckechnie, Nov 30, 11:30:35
- Plugins.... Do I need any? (n/m) (General Chat) - admckechnie, Nov 30, 11:54:49
  - Thanks again (n/m) (General Chat) - admckechnie, Nov 30, 12:10:28
  - if you're a little paranoid, like me, youi might look at Ghostery, (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Nov 30, 11:57:58
    - Adblock and pop up blocker done.... Will see. How do you get rid (General Chat) - admckechnie, Nov 30, 12:04:00
      - hover over the ad and a little cross/kill button pops up. (General Chat) - tommytwobikes, Nov 30, 12:08:00
      - They're just got rid of, as I recall. Ghostery will open a window telling you it stopped a (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Nov 30, 12:07:34
  - I think fire fox sorts itself out. (General Chat) - tommytwobikes, Nov 30, 11:57:23
- Thanks all! Sorted. Stick with Mozilla then? (General Chat) - admckechnie, Nov 30, 11:49:05
  - Can I just say (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Nov 30, 11:51:26
    - (seethe) (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Nov 30, 11:58:42
- installed or upgraded any new progs recently? (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Nov 30, 11:38:15
- It might be an extention thats been downloaded. (General Chat) - tommytwobikes, Nov 30, 11:38:12
  - Seems to have downloaded something called "search protect" by conduit (n/m) (General Chat) - admckechnie, Nov 30, 11:44:52
  - Tools in Firefox? Or on computer settings? (General Chat) - admckechnie, Nov 30, 11:41:27
    - in firefox at the top (n/m) (General Chat) - tommytwobikes, Nov 30, 11:45:18
    - there you go - Vuze is an arse for this kind of thing (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Nov 30, 11:43:45
      - Agreed. Unless you untick stuff in Vuze, it will have you... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 30, 11:44:43
  - that (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Nov 30, 11:38:35

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