Jun. 30th, 2009

avg help?

Jun. 30th, 2009 08:34 pm
rivendellrose: (EVE smash)
The last time I updated AVG, it tricked me (..okay, probably it prompted me and I didn't notice, but still!) into accidentally installing the Yahoo toolbar onto my Firefox browser (the only one I use), and then just recently (I could swear it happened in the last 24 hours it suddenly changed my built-in search box in the top right corner of my browser over to Yahoo instead of Google.

I detest Yahoo with an unthinking but blinding passion. I want my Google back, and I want this stupid Yahoo toolbar (which has the annoying habit of showing any words I highlight up in the search bar, as if I want to search for something just because I've highlighted it, ARGH!) GONE. I want them gone yesterday, in fact. However. I don't want to just uninstall and reinstall AVG, because when The Boy reformatted his computer a few weeks ago, we discovered that AVG no longer makes it easy to get their free version.

The Stupid Yahoo Toolbar (tm) is not listed in my uninstall/install stuff, because it's under AVG. Is there anything else I can do to get rid of the damned thing?

(Yes, I work for an internet company, and yes, it's ironic that I can't figure this out on my own, but... seriously, it's not like we troubleshoot browsers at work!)

Edit: Managed on my own to get rid of the freaking toolbar, but my search box is still Yahoo. Argh! ...Horrible thought - is it possible this is actually not AVG's fault, but Firefox? Did they all of a sudden decide they're pairing up with Yahoo or something? o_O


.....EDIT: Oh, for crying out loud. It's a drop down. I must have bumped it over to Yahoo sometime yesterday. Crisis averted, Google restored, and me feeling like a total moron. Ignore me please, everyone. Please. It's been a long day - I'm going to go take my contacts out, make some food, and try not to do anything else stupid.

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