Ya, boo….
I make sure to uncheck all the toolbars, search engines, and “value added services” that installers might try to sneak in. However, somehow I still managed to have Yahoo search be snuck in as my default for Firefox.
I tried many suggestions such as reinstalling Firefox, changing the values for “browser.search.defaultenginename” and/or “browser.search.selectedEngine” fields in about:config back go “Google”, and even removing yahoo from the /searchplugins folder of Firefox.
What finally worked was the following:
Step 1: Open a new Firefox browser window.
Step 2: Type about:config in the search field and press Enter.
Step 3: Click the “I Will Be Careful” button if necessary.
Step 4: Scroll to find a configuration key titled: keyword.URL
Step 5: Select “keyword.URL” and right-click, then hit “Reset” from the drop-down menu.
Credit goes to scholarshiphunter.com
