Removing MyWebSearch from Firefox

If you have unknowingly installed MyWebSearch Toolbar in Firefox, never look for an anti-spyware to remove it. I spent the whole evening downloading and installing anti-spy and anti-adware products and none of them have removed MyWebSearch toolbar from Firefox. All of the anti-spies are searching for are BHOs in IE. Firefox extensions are not included in their search. In the end I uninstalled them all.

I found the steps in removing MyWebSearch in Firefox over the MozillaZine website. Just close Firefox, go to c:\program files\mozilla firefox\chrome folder and deleting m3ffxtbr.jar and m3ffxtbr.manifest.

While fixing this Firefox issue, I have also fixed my previous IE issue. After running Hijack This and Crap Cleaner, it now behaves well.

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7 Responses to “Removing MyWebSearch from Firefox”
  1. Ready Eddy says:

    Thanks a million for this tip. Saved me hours of head scratching :-)

  2. Al says:

    Brilliant! – this saved me ages digging around too, it also saved my kids from being banned from the PC for more than a day or 2….

  3. Nikhil says:

    Thanks a ton pal!!

  4. Daniel says:

    Aaargh, now they’ve found their way into Firefox! Mywebsearch is truly the Devil.

    Many thanks!

  5. des ould says:

    Like you tried every antyi spyware without any luck to delete mywebsearch found your site thank goodness it was so simple to delete with your guidance . Cheers des

  6. Victor says:

    Many thanks man that really solved it!!!
    Thanks again.

  7. Nadine says:

    Thank you sooooo much! My websearch is definitely EVIL!

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