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2. Restore your browser to default settings - AOL Help

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   This can remove adware, get rid of extensions you didn't install, and improve overall performance. Restoring your browser's default settings will also reset your browser's security settings. A reset may delete other saved info like bookmarks, stored passwords, and your homepage.

3. Fix problems with AOL websites due to ad blocking software

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   • Allow yahoo.com in any ad blockers. • Adjust the security setting of the browser to the default level. • Unblock yahoo.com in any antivirus software, which may have built-in ad blocker. • Disable ad blocker on the home Internet router. Refer to the manufacturer's instruction manual.

4. Chrome Web Store - Wikipedia

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   In 2014, Google removed two such extensions from Chrome Web Store after many users complained about unwanted pop-up ads. The following year, Google acknowledged that about five percent of visits to its own websites had been altered by extensions with adware. Malware. Malware remains a problem on Chrome Web Store.

5. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

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   A previous installer of SourceForge included adware and PUP installers. One particular one changes the browser settings of Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer to show the website "istartsurf.com" as the homepage. It does so by changing registry settings and installing software which resets the settings if the user tries to change them.

6. Browser extension - Wikipedia

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   There have also been cases of applications installing browser extensions without the user's knowledge, making it hard for the user to uninstall the unwanted extension. Some Google Chrome extension developers have sold their extensions to third-parties who then incorporated adware. In 2014, Google removed two such extensions from the Chrome Web ...

7. Here's how to remove Bing from Chrome and Edge browsers - AOL

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   You can also remove Bing as a homepage upon startup: Click the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner, and click settings. In the left-hand navigation menu, click “Start, home and new tabs ...