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In reply to the discussion: Is DuckDuckGo invasive Malware? It had hijacked my search engines in Linux Chrome [View all]

RKP5637

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9. I removed it and reset my browser and it is no longer self-installing after deleted. I'm extremely
Reply to hunter (Reply #8)
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 04:42 PM
Dec 2017

careful with things like this, but I'm more than willing to admit I could have done something dumb. Thanks for your reply!

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Is DuckDuckGo invasive Malware? It had hijacked my search engines in Linux Chrome [View all] RKP5637 Dec 2017 OP
I love duckduckgoose. It work very well with Mozilla Firefox. I love Firefox a lot.... marble falls Dec 2017 #1
I used to use FF a lot, from day 1. I was looking at the recent FF release. It's pretty cool, RKP5637 Dec 2017 #2
They're very big on privacy and that is one of DDGs strong points for me... marble falls Dec 2017 #3
Yahoo is high risk IMO. Seems they are hacked a lot. RKP5637 Dec 2017 #6
I am very unhappy with Yahoo. I've had a lot of problems with it, once locked my account for .... marble falls Dec 2017 #7
link is to a page selling a product to remove DDG. an internet search turns up no particular msongs Dec 2017 #4
I removed it manually, also required a browser reset. Why are they so invasive? n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #5
Are you sure it's not a consequence of some "privacy" software you have installed... hunter Dec 2017 #8
I removed it and reset my browser and it is no longer self-installing after deleted. I'm extremely RKP5637 Dec 2017 #9
Prevent Bytefence and other hidden programs with Unchecky douglas9 Dec 2017 #10
Yes, I think this is what happened. I've now cleared the problem, so everything is back and RKP5637 Dec 2017 #11
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