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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13 Responses to “Removing MyWebSearch from Firefox”

  1. 1
    Ready Eddy Says:
    June 1st, 2006 at 5:07 pm

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

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    Al Says:
    June 15th, 2006 at 3:33 am

    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. 3
    Nikhil Says:
    July 14th, 2006 at 12:55 pm

    Thanks a ton pal!!

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    Daniel Says:
    October 27th, 2007 at 7:04 am

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

    Many thanks!

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    des ould Says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 4:34 am

    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

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    Victor Says:
    May 13th, 2009 at 11:19 pm

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

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    Nadine Says:
    March 9th, 2010 at 4:11 am

    Thank you sooooo much! My websearch is definitely EVIL!

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    Degris Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    I too have tried loads of anti spyware progs. I managed to get rid of the tool bar but Mywebsearch still has control of my home page. Your instructions were easy to follow, however on looking in chrome there were no “m3ffxtbr.jar” or “m3ffxtbr.manifest” files !
    Any other ideas? Ive tried all I can think of thus far.

    But thanks anyway.

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    Ben Bland Says:
    June 13th, 2010 at 9:19 pm

    Great stuff, thanks!

    I downloaded Malwarebyte’s Anti-Malware program from CNET Download, as it comes highly recommended. It identified MyWebSearch bar as infected but didn’t remove it. At least it has highlighted the problem.

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    xxbigunxx Says:
    July 15th, 2010 at 11:38 pm

    after uninstalling my web search and not finding the previously stated file i found that you can simply modify the values in advanced mode, BE CARFUL THIS IS NOT TO BE ATTEMPED BY THE INEPT. that said it is relitivly straight forward, open this link in another tab/browser and follow the instructions. (for the normal google you just use http://google.com)

    also i found other entrys to my web search i just scolled down the list and right click modify and delete the value

    is working fine now

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    xxbigunxx Says:
    July 15th, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    sorry forgot the link

    http://12words.blogspot.com/2010/06/reset-default-search-engine-in.html

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    Barry Says:
    July 27th, 2010 at 11:45 pm

    sorry have no such files running windows 7 nothing like it in the chrome folder it is not just fire fox it is now in IE too have uninstalled fire fox so far google chrome is free of it

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    enfeeyano Says:
    August 15th, 2010 at 12:29 am

    I could not find the given above files in firefox 3.6.8 n made debug as xxbigunxx it rocked!!

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