Edge and Search

When I use the address bar in Edge to search, it brings up a yahoo page???

I have set to Google in the settings (edge://settings/search) but same thing happens – yahoo results.

what obvious thing am I overlooking?

Conversation 3 comments

  • coltigore

    23 January, 2021 - 7:37 am

    <p>I remember a few years ago some Malware I installed on my PC kept changing the search engine to either Yahoo or some weird Malware engine. I would try performing a virus scan with Malwarebytes or Windows Defender. Then try removing your extensions one by one to see if you installed one that's screwing up your search engine. </p>

  • jamie_webster

    23 January, 2021 - 3:28 pm

    <p>Yeah sounds like malware malware bytes is your friend. Free too</p>

  • dftf

    27 January, 2021 - 8:24 am

    <p>First of all, in Edge to go ||Menu (…) &gt; Settings &gt; Privacy, search and services &gt; Address bar and search &gt; Manage search engines ||. The one in bold text is your default. Check that the URL associated with it does indeed do a Google search; otherwise use the … option to edit it. (To delete an entry, you must first make another provide your default).</p><p><br></p><p>If that looks fine, then next go to ||Menu (…) &gt; Apps &gt; Manage apps|| and see if there is anything unusual there.</p><p><br></p><p>Then also try ||Menu (…) &gt; Extensions|| and review items on that screen too.</p><p><br></p><p>Failing that, bring up an "InPrivate" window and see if your search gets hijacked in that window — if so, it's likely to be malware, so try a Malwarebytes scan, and the Microsoft AutoRuns tool to look for unusual entries. If search works fine during InPrivate, you've likely got some GPO configured.</p>

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