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Kevin Smith AVG Secure search firefox Windows 10
I don't understand why my firefox start pages are removed everytime the computer boots (as opposed to starting from sleep).
Specfically, in firefox --> open menu (the three lines) -->options --> General tab -->Home Page box
I have (and want) about 14 pages/tabs that I start firefox with, when the computer reboots all of those URL's are removed and replaced by a single AVG search page/URL. I can't find a reason why this is done or how to stop it.
To be clear, I am not talking about the "default search Engine search function in firefox which can be found at Firefox --> open menu (the three lines) -->options --> search tab --> default search engine box
Specfically, in firefox --> open menu (the three lines) -->options --> General tab -->Home Page box
I have (and want) about 14 pages/tabs that I start firefox with, when the computer reboots all of those URL's are removed and replaced by a single AVG search page/URL. I can't find a reason why this is done or how to stop it.
To be clear, I am not talking about the "default search Engine search function in firefox which can be found at Firefox --> open menu (the three lines) -->options --> search tab --> default search engine box
Sorry for the inconvenience caused. If you are getting our AVG search engine for your browser then you would have installed our AVG Secure Search or AVG Web tuneup for your Firefox browser. So if you do not wish to have our add-ons then please uninstall it by following the instructions mentioned in this link: http://avgread.me/1KLkDpN .
Please feel free to contact us should you need any assistance. Thank you.
Instead, the problem is that AVG removes all of the home pages*, you know, the pages you want to open when you launch the browser, and replaces it with a single page (URL), which happens to be mysearch.avg.com
How can I tell AVG Secure Search or AVG Web tuneup to stop removing the home pages* in firefox. I can find no documentation on that. Your linke in essence tells me to uninstall AVG Secure Search or AVG Web tuneup, I don't understand why that is the only option.
CONTRAST how Internet Explorer works with AVG Secure Search or AVG Web tuneup, it keeps the home pages* but adds a new tab for AVG Search, in other words I can still open my multiple home pages, but it has added one more tab, a URL to mysearch.avg.com
Again, is there any documentation on why AVG removes home pages* in Firefox and how to "set" them so that AVG stops removing them?
CONTRAST how Internet Explorer works with AVG Secure Search or AVG Web tuneup, it keeps the home pages* but adds a new tabe for AVG Search
*Firefox calls them "homepages", the URLS that open tabs when the browser is launched. Bing calls them start pages.Internet explore calls them home pages. Chrome calls them Start Up Pages.
If the computer "sleeps", when it "awakes" it does not reset the FireFox home pages. If I close the browser and then restart it, it does not reset the FireFox home pages.
It seems reasonable to assume that when the computer restarts either AVG Secure Search or AVG Web tuneup is doing something to "erase" and replace the FireFox home pages. Contrast this with IE where it does not do the same thing. (I rarely use Bing or Chrome, so am not sure what it does)
I have not found any instuctions on how to "do things" in firefox or AVG Secure Search or AVG Web tuneup so that the combination of these programs stop resetting the FireFox home pages.
Thanks