Solved How do I remove Babylon Search from FF and IE?

Sonic X

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Hello there guys and gals of seven forums, I have Firefox installed on my computer, but somehow Babylon search bar has installed itself on my FF, I would like some technical help with this.

1). I have removed it from Firefox: Tool>Add Ons

2). I have set my directory to be iGoogle.com.au

3). I have checked my network and it shows it's still there, I even deleted my cookies.

4). I have also removed it from manage search engines and from my c:/ drive.

It's also caused my Internet Explorer to crash which i hardly use, but thought that weird, it just pops up with Babylon Search for Firefox, and then causes IE to crash.

Please help with this, Will post pics if required, thanks.

Sonic X.
 

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It should be in Programs and Features, Should be able to uninstall it from there. Atleast I have.

-Justin
 

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Well I forgot to mention that I have done that too? Sorry I forgot to add that newbie mistake XD.
 

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Checked in Addons and extensions?
 

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Yes I have done that, I added that in my statement. Not being disrespectful. I'd really like to remove this search cause it is a pain in the ahem XD.
 

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For firefox go to help menu select restart with add ons disabled,firefox will start in safe mode, check reset all user prefrences to firefox defaults, click Make Changes and Restart it will restart and it should be gone from firefox.
 

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Thanks will check this up :).
 

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Didn't seem to work :(.
For firefox go to help menu select restart with add ons disabled,firefox will start in safe mode, check reset all user prefrences to firefox defaults, click Make Changes and Restart it will restart and it should be gone from firefox.
Babylon is still popping up???
 

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Cheers mate :)
 

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Were you able to remove it?
 

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No I've tried those tricks before, nothing? Showing a pic of my network options.

babylon.png
 

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No I've tried those tricks before, nothing? Showing a pic of my network options.

babylon.png

Okay do one thing. Try the Find more search providers... link install any other (like google of bing) and see if it allows you to remove babylon after that. I can see the option for removing babylon is disabled.
 

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Realtek High Definition Audio
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No I've tried those tricks before, nothing? Showing a pic of my network options.

babylon.png

Okay do one thing. Try the Find more search providers... link install any other (like google of bing) and see if it allows you to remove babylon after that. I can see the option for removing babylon is disabled.
It removed it from IE, but now it's not removing from FF??? It still pops up with Babylon :(. And now IE, is crashing again :(.
 

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Post screenshots of all your addons, extensions and homepage please?
and is that IE9 or IE8?
 

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It is IE9, Will post some pics as soon as i can.

bl.png
Search

addons.png
addons :).
 

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It is IE9, Will post some pics as soon as i can.

Search

addons :).

The first image is of your home page.

Click on Firefox :ar: Options :ar: Options and check what your home page is set to. Mine is set to www.sevenforums.com

Also scroll down on addons and see if babylon is there.
 
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Intel Core i5 10400 @ 2.90GHz
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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A4 Tech Co LTD
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A4 Tech Co Ltd/Logitech
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25 Mbps

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Window's 7 Ultimate 64bitIntel Core i5 2500kDDR3Intel HD Graphics 3000 (GT2) (sandy bridge)
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Window's 7 Ultimate 64bit
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Intel Core i5 2500k
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P8H61-MX
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DDR3
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Intel HD Graphics 3000 (GT2) (sandy bridge)
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
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1TB Seagate HDD
200GB Western Digital HDD
80GB Seagate HDD
I've tried doing that, buuut, it keeps on resetting it back to this link as homepage grrrr Babylon Search

Okay, did you try the same thing you did with IE 9?
Search and install another search program (better install google) and see if it allows you to remove babylon after you've made google search and bar your default.
 

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Windows 10 Home 64BitIntel Core i5 10400 @ 2.90GHz8.00GB Single-Channel Unknown @ 1329MHz (16-2...
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Self assembled
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Windows 10 Home 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 10400 @ 2.90GHz
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DG41WV (PROCESSOR)
Memory
8.00GB Single-Channel Unknown @ 1329MHz (16-20-20-38)
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
DELL E170S
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 pixels
Hard Drives
931GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 (SATA)
238GB TEAM TM8PS7256G (SATA SSD)
Case
Nothing Fancy
Cooling
Fans
Keyboard
A4 Tech Co LTD
Mouse
A4 Tech Co Ltd/Logitech
Internet Speed
25 Mbps
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