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17-Oct-2009, 02:01 AM #1
Solved: yahoo popping up in searches
I keep getting yahoo in address bar searches ,using firefox ,default home page is still google when i open but this yahoo stuff iv never had to deal with before.

It started right after i downloaded PDFCreator for jarte word possessor ,i did see the optional yahoo tool bar and im always prepared for it and unchecked but i guess i got a surprize?

What is this some type of tracker?

How do i stop it?
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17-Oct-2009, 08:34 AM #2
You should be able to uninstall the Yahoo search bar from Add/Remove Programs.
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17-Oct-2009, 09:30 AM #3
You will also need to remove the pdfforge toolbar and the Search Settings Plugin in Firefox.
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17-Oct-2009, 04:37 PM #4
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You will also need to remove the pdfforge toolbar and the Search Settings Plugin in Firefox.
Do you mean search settings plugins in C programs firefox?

I see the C program searchplugins and i got alot of junk like yahoo ,answers wiki in XML Doc format.

I do see the tool bar in program files but it wont delete
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17-Oct-2009, 05:00 PM #5
In Firefox click on Tools - Add-ons - Plugins and you should see it in there.

You should be able to delete the toolbar in Control Panel - Add or Remove programs.
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17-Oct-2009, 05:57 PM #6
thanks guys ,i got

The problem was im used to xp and vista changed the add or remove programs to programs and features so i had to google.

I use revo but it wouldn't show up for some reason
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17-Oct-2009, 06:02 PM #7
Sorry, your system specs don't say what OS you're running and I assumed it was XP. I don't know that much about Vista yet myself.

But I'm glad you got it sorted out now.
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