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FaultyMario
February 24th, 2015, 11:40 AM
How can I get rid of MyStartSearch with having to reset Firefox?
thesameguy
February 24th, 2015, 12:50 PM
Have you tried the usual repair suspects like superantispyware, malwarebytes, spybot, etc?
FaultyMario
February 24th, 2015, 04:57 PM
yup. I've done the about:config thingy too.
Rare White Ape
February 24th, 2015, 06:19 PM
Might be something here. I've had to do similar for removing this shit from Chrome.

https://www.google.com/search?q=get+rid+of+MyStartSearch&rlz=1C1GGGE_enAU496AU496&oq=get+rid+of+MyStartSearch&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8
Alan P
February 25th, 2015, 06:49 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMdrxGq8ys0
FaultyMario
February 26th, 2015, 05:30 AM
I'm at a loss. Malwarebytes, ccleaner, and a couple of others. One did find it but refused to clean it unless I upgraded to pro.
thesameguy
February 26th, 2015, 08:50 AM
Not entirely uncommon. Honestly, I'd just reset... because the alternative includes possibly leaving things behind that will come back to haunt you later.
FaultyMario
February 26th, 2015, 12:30 PM
I've unisntalled FF and Chrome. It still lurks Ie.

I'm using Opera for the time being. Trying to figure out how to get rid of it forevers.
FaultyMario
March 4th, 2015, 04:54 AM
Paging Alanis.
thesameguy
March 4th, 2015, 09:13 AM
Did you do a reset in IE?
FaultyMario
March 5th, 2015, 05:43 AM
One of the malware removal tools caught it once when I was starting IE, nailed the motherfucker.

By erasing some registry lines I have, inadvertently, rendered useless some, um, questionable content.