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

----- 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. You need to WATCH CLOSELY when installing ANY program, AND use 'custom' if offered (where you can uncheck the 'install this junk'). Go to control panel>programs, and see if you can uninstall it there. Or, in IE7, go to Tools>manage add-ons, and you might find it there.