avg help?

[rivendellrose]

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.

Comments

[amberdiceless.livejournal.com]

*Pats*

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

So...HAVE you read The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff??

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Drat, sorry, I totally lost that comment somewhere. I have not! Is it good? Is it short stories or a novel, I don't even know!

And, the most important question - can I borrow it when you're done? XD

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

It's a novel, it's good, it's amusing, I'm liking it lots, and you can totally borrow it. I'm almost done with it!

[otterknit.livejournal.com]

Glad you got it all fixed, but did want to point out that getting the free AVG is actually relatively easy to get as long as you go to free.avg.com and not avg.com. Granted you do have to click like 4 times on download links and avoid the huge glaring "BUY NOW" options which take up more than half of each page. "Get it now!", "Download", "Download Now" (and not "Premium-Upgrade"), and then "Download Now" again. Because I'm sure you'll sooner or later have to help more people install AVG if not yourself.

[tonsai.livejournal.com]

what's so wrong with yahoo?
(...says the girl who works in yahoo search, and was all about google before starting there but has come to realize y! really doesn't suck for most things. also, i love my job! :D)