If Firefox will not allow you to change it, check the Windows Control Panel, Uninstall a Program, for something named SearchProtect and remove it.

Startup, home page, tabs, and download settings.

Is this site listed as your home page in the Options dialog? If it is, can you successfully change it or does Firefox not allow you to change it? Read this answer in context 👍 6 All Replies (14) reboot to F8 safe mode to delete the dll. run AutoRun to find any 'qvod' related entries and deleteħ.

if TDSSkill returns 0 threat, try to locate 'qvod' dll in Appdata folderĦ. if 2 works, then it is a shortcut hijackingĥ. if 1 failes, try to create a BAT file to point to firefoxģ. try to reset home page through regular way.Ģ. Rebooted to normal mode, both IE and Firefox's home pages are back to blank. Can't delete that dll directly, so I renamed it to another name, then deleted the dll entry from AutoRun, and rebooted to F8 safe mode to delete the dll. One of them named 'QVOD Shenzhen' in preload dll tab looks suspicious. Then I manually scaned machine with SysInternal's Autorun(thanks's jscher2000's reminder), and deleted a lot of unwanted entries. I ve tried a lot of malware/adware detect tools, non of them really fixed the hijacking.

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