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How to get rid of Searchnu from Firefox?

Hello, I have a bit of a problem where I start a new tab, Searchnu comes up, and I can't seem to get rid of it. I use Firefox and I have tried getting rid of it, but I have no luck.

Any advice or methods to get rid of this? Thank you in Advance!

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  • Bomber
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Searchnu is a browser hijack here's how to get rid of it

    1 Open firefox, go ‘Tools’ → ‘Add-ons’.

    2 Choose ‘Extensions’ → ‘Searchnu’ Toolbar and click ‘Uninstall’.

    3 Go ‘Tools’ → ‘Options’. Reset the startup homepage or change it to google.com instead of Searchnu under the ‘General’ tab.

    4 restart firefox

    afterwards download superantispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ and use it to scan you computer to make sure it's free of malware

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