I have installed an app and that app has set my Firefox start page at hao123.com.
I searched my programs I found that baidu toolbar was installed to the Firefox without my permission
I have uninstalled the baidu toolbar and I still have the same problem. I searched all over the Internet I found many solutions and all didn't work. Solutions I did include the following:
- Removing any suspicious addons
- Uninstall recently installed apps
- Searching the registry for hao123.com entries ( I found an entry called start page and it was set to hao123.com I edited it to make it to Google.com) and it didn't work
- I erased my pc for hao123 I found an empty folder located in
C:\Users\Abdul\AppData\Roaming
Really I got tired of trying to get rid of that thing. I hope someone could find a solution for this
Best Answer
The simplest and most foolproof way of dealing with this that I've found is to uninstall any software related to the page, and then reset firefox. This will wipe out all your plugins, but retain other personal settings. I'd suggest backing up what's important, with mozbackup if you are not absolutely sure this is safe but this has worked every time this has happened without losing user data. I personally use this in conjunction with my favourite anti malware tool (malwarebytes, but its rarely malware), and its routinely worked for me.