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How do i get rid of bing and this alot in my browser i don't know how i got them but i hate them.I'm using firefox and all i want is my old saerch eng. not this other junk.please tell me where to go to let them go.Thaniks

 

I think vze335 may be talking about added search toolbars. If so try looking in Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs and look for each Bing and Alot and see if they are available for uninstall.

 

Firefox has a safe-mode start up icon in it's folder. Use that and it will ask you if you want to reset all your plugins and stuff to default.

 

Thanks for your help will try the bing thing but i hate that alot ALOT. Its got to go. I looked in the control panel and there not there.I'm running vista 64bit which i fiond sucks for me maybe thats why it's not there.thanks for all help.

 

It probably came with either an upgrade to IE8 or Windows Live. I'd look at the Windows Live installer for a removal tool.

If you just want to fix firefox, load firefox and in the address bar type:

about:config

This will bring up the firefox configuration screen. After agreeing to be careful, find the filter bar at the top of the screen and type in it:

keyword.URL

Double-click on this entry and change the text from Bing's site to:

Code:

http://www.google.com/webhp?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

or alternatively (different versions of firefox used differing URLs):

Code:

http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=

Say goodbye to bing forever. Do a couple test searches to make sure google is your default search engine again.

 

I still think we have to determine if we are talking about default search engine or a toolbar. Do you actually have an extra toolbar across the top of the browser for these search engines are they simply the default search engine when you type in the search box?

If it is an added toolbar like in the corner of the first pic on this page then try the instructions to remove the addon. http://www.alot.com/toolbar/uninstall