Optiplex 745 Vista Premium SP2
All of a sudden Bing is hijacking Google search.
I have not installed Bing.
I do not have a Bing toolbar.
I have deleted every reference of Bing from my computer.
I never use IE, but I checked it. Bing was the default search. I added Google and removed Bing and made Google the default search. It did not help.
I found a cookie for Bing and deleted it. Twice Google searched and then it went back to Bing.
I did a system restore to before the Bing takeover. It did no good.
Bing does not show up in Auto runs.
Bing does not show up in Hijack this.
Bing is not in Firefox add ons
I found one instance of Bing Search in the registry and deleted it. It did no good.
Google says a sure way to get a Google search is to search from a Google address bar. It does not help.
When I type a search subject, I get a blank page with Google in the address bar. It immediately changes to Bing. Then the page fills in.
I put Bing in the Hosts file. Now, it switches from Google to Bing in the address bar. When it does, I get Unable To Connect. Now, I can't search at all unless I take Bing out of the hosts file.
Google was my default search engine, but I did use Bing a lot. Never again, just as soon as I stop this hijacking. What shall I do? Would removing Internet Explorer help?
All of a sudden Bing is hijacking Google search.
I have not installed Bing.
I do not have a Bing toolbar.
I have deleted every reference of Bing from my computer.
I never use IE, but I checked it. Bing was the default search. I added Google and removed Bing and made Google the default search. It did not help.
I found a cookie for Bing and deleted it. Twice Google searched and then it went back to Bing.
I did a system restore to before the Bing takeover. It did no good.
Bing does not show up in Auto runs.
Bing does not show up in Hijack this.
Bing is not in Firefox add ons
I found one instance of Bing Search in the registry and deleted it. It did no good.
Google says a sure way to get a Google search is to search from a Google address bar. It does not help.
When I type a search subject, I get a blank page with Google in the address bar. It immediately changes to Bing. Then the page fills in.
I put Bing in the Hosts file. Now, it switches from Google to Bing in the address bar. When it does, I get Unable To Connect. Now, I can't search at all unless I take Bing out of the hosts file.
Google was my default search engine, but I did use Bing a lot. Never again, just as soon as I stop this hijacking. What shall I do? Would removing Internet Explorer help?