My mother, despite being competent enough to reinstall her operating system, is quite prone to catch these nasty firefox toolbars. I am unsure if they are malware of some kind, though it's not unlikely given how much they resist being deactivated.
I found several hints on the internet regarding how to get rid of that crap:
- Uninstall via Control Panel>Software
- Deactivate the firefox addon
- Edit the registry (don't you love administering windows?)
This still didn't get rid of the searchya completely because it had registered its useless url with the default for a new tab.
So i ended up solving it
- Opening about:config and setting browser.newtab.url to something sensible.
Good Riddance Pest.
