I don't know what you mean by stuck, so I am going to tell you something may you already know. You can change search engines in that window by clicking the Down Arrow in the left hand side of the window next to Yahoo. Bob Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Waymouth" <waymouth@ihug.com.au> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:29 PM Subject: [COMPUTERS] AVG and Yahoo : Hi, : : I've recently upgraded my AVG free virus protection and my computer : seems to have been hijacked by Yahoo. : : I open Firefox with Google set as my home page, but now I have an AVG : toolbar, which I don't want. I can close it easily enough, but Yahoo : seems to have taken control of the small search window up next to where : you type URLs. I use that a lot, and I don't want Yahoo - I'm a Google fan. : : Thgere are some other situations where instead of automatically going to : Google, I get stuck with Yahoo. : : Any ideas on how to clear this out? : : Cheers, Robyn : : : ::-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: : : Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. : ::-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: : : : : : ------------------------------- : To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message :

Hi Bob, No I didn't know that - although now that I do it's so obvious! Many thanks for the tip. Cheers, Robyn Robert Wilson wrote: > I don't know what you mean by stuck, so I am going to tell you something may > you already know. You can change search engines in that window by clicking > the Down Arrow in the left hand side of the window next to Yahoo. > > Bob Wilson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robyn Waymouth" <waymouth@ihug.com.au> > To: <computers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:29 PM > Subject: [COMPUTERS] AVG and Yahoo > > > : Hi, > : > : I've recently upgraded my AVG free virus protection and my computer > : seems to have been hijacked by Yahoo. > : > : I open Firefox with Google set as my home page, but now I have an AVG > : toolbar, which I don't want. I can close it easily enough, but Yahoo > : seems to have taken control of the small search window up next to where > : you type URLs. I use that a lot, and I don't want Yahoo - I'm a Google fan. > : > : Thgere are some other situations where instead of automatically going to > : Google, I get stuck with Yahoo. > : > : Any ideas on how to clear this out? > : > : Cheers, Robyn > : > : > : > ::-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > : > : Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > : > ::-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > : > : > : > : > : ------------------------------- > : To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > : > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.19/2247 - Release Date: 07/18/09 21:14:00 > >