how to change homepage in firefox?

Question

my brother downloaded some crap to my computer and it changed my home page i went to general options and changed it back. but whenever i open a new tab it still takes me to whatever page he download stuff from. so i went to uninstall programs and uninstalled everything he downloaded but that still didn't fix it has anyone else have this problem if so how do i go about fixing it?

Answer 1

Follow the below steps to change the home page ,



1. Start Firefox

2. Click on the Firefox drop-down menu, top left.

3. Click on the General Tab.

4. Find the "Home Page" field

5. Type the address of your home page in the Home Page box.

6. Close out of the Main window

Answer 2

Diouly-dcp's answer



follow these steps



>open your firefox browser



>when the firefox pops up,,---click the firefox name located to your right (top-right corner of your browser)



>click option,,,-(even if you see other pop up menu just ignore and simply click option)

> you will see home page. and in the space available,, type the website you wish to set as home page and click okay.



to test it. restart your firefox.

you're done.



if after doing this your brother use it, when you come to the computer it does the same thing again,, it means that he change it back. that's all,



to avoid conflict you may need install your own browser and set your home page, such as (Google chrome) (opera) (internet explorer) ( torch) (safari). make your favorite. and set your home page.



you're done.!!

Answer 3

Yep, there are hundreds of browser hijacks. When installed they will change the home page. Even if you remove the program, it still may not let you change your home page back. What program did he install? What is the home page now?



You can google how to correct this browser hijack. I am sure there are many howtos that will tell you how to remove that particular hijack.