FireFox: Typing Address NAME ONLY In Address Bar No Longer Works

I posted this question to the Mozilla newsgroup 3 days ago. No replies
I've gotten one response on the Mozilla forum on line but it wasn't what
I needed. Hoping someone here might have the answer.
I've been using FF for 4 years. I've always been able to just type the
name of a url (for example, dell) without having to type the .com or hold
the ctrl key while hitting enter....just dell and hit enter.
The last few days, if I don't type the (.com) I'm redirected to a Yahoo
search page instead of my intended website. FF version is 3.5. I've tried
upgrading to FF 3.5.2 (have since reverted back to 3.5). I've cleared
cookies and cache/temp internet file. I've done a system restore. I don't
have any extra "toolbars" installed. There are no programs in Add/Remove
Programs that I don't recognize or that look suspicious. Hijack This report
looks good. I've run Malware Bytes, AdAware and Avast. I've started FF in
safe mode...no change.
There's GOT to be an answer! Anyone? Please??
Monica

In ,
Monica typed on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:18:27 -0500:
I posted this question to the Mozilla newsgroup 3 days ago. No
replies I've gotten one response on the Mozilla forum on line but
it wasn't what I needed. Hoping someone here might have the answer.
I've been using FF for 4 years. I've always been able to just type
the name of a url (for example, dell) without having to type the .com
or hold the ctrl key while hitting enter....just dell and hit enter.
The last few days, if I don't type the (.com) I'm redirected to a
Yahoo search page instead of my intended website. FF version is 3.5.
I've tried upgrading to FF 3.5.2 (have since reverted back to 3.5).
I've cleared cookies and cache/temp internet file. I've done a
system restore. I don't have any extra "toolbars" installed. There
are no programs in Add/Remove Programs that I don't recognize or that
look suspicious. Hijack This report looks good. I've run Malware
Bytes, AdAware and Avast. I've started FF in safe mode...no change.
There's GOT to be an answer! Anyone? Please??
Monica

Did you disable History? As a Google search suggests that it also
disables autocomplete. Also wiping out the history, autocomplete has
nothing to use to complete. Sounds like you wiped this list clean and
now it has to relearn all of your URLs all over again.

Also be careful when using Firefox (I would run it under a sandbox
environment). As it allows XPCOM and no way to turn it off. This is a
huge security risk just like IE with ActiveX. At least ActiveX can be
turned off under IE, but XPCOM can only be hacked out by an experienced
user.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

Well, you do have the Yahoo toolbar, is my guess. Some other program
likely installed it.

Go into Add/Remove programs and look around.

-----Original Message-----
From: Monica ]
Posted At: Saturday, August 22, 2009 12:18 PM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: FireFox: Typing Address NAME ONLY In Address Bar No
Longer Works
Subject: FireFox: Typing Address NAME ONLY In Address Bar No Longer
Works

I posted this question to the Mozilla newsgroup 3 days ago. No
replies
I've gotten one response on the Mozilla forum on line but it
wasn't
what
I needed. Hoping someone here might have the answer.
I've been using FF for 4 years. I've always been able to just type
the
name of a url (for example, dell) without having to type the .com or
hold
the ctrl key while hitting enter....just dell and hit enter.
The last few days, if I don't type the (.com) I'm redirected to a
Yahoo
search page instead of my intended website. FF version is 3.5. I've
tried
upgrading to FF 3.5.2 (have since reverted back to 3.5). I've cleared
cookies and cache/temp internet file. I've done a system restore. I
don't
have any extra "toolbars" installed. There are no programs in
Add/Remove
Programs that I don't recognize or that look suspicious. Hijack This
report
looks good. I've run Malware Bytes, AdAware and Avast. I've started
FF in
safe mode...no change.
There's GOT to be an answer! Anyone? Please??
Monica

No Bill, I hadn't disabled history and I still have a list of previous
websites that drop down from the address bar as well. It doesn't matter if
it's a new site or one I'm on every day, if I don't add the (.com) or hold
the ctrl key while hitting Enter, it's going to take me to a Yahoo search
page.

Have NO idea what a "sandbox environment is or XPCOM. Thought I used FF to
not have to deal with these security issues. Sounds like it's time for
another browser to come along that no one cares to attack (for now).
"BillW50" wrote in message
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In ,
Monica typed on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:18:27 -0500:
I posted this question to the Mozilla newsgroup 3 days ago. No
replies I've gotten one response on the Mozilla forum on line but
it wasn't what I needed. Hoping someone here might have the answer.
I've been using FF for 4 years. I've always been able to just type
the name of a url (for example, dell) without having to type the .com
or hold the ctrl key while hitting enter....just dell and hit enter.
The last few days, if I don't type the (.com) I'm redirected to a
Yahoo search page instead of my intended website. FF version is 3.5.
I've tried upgrading to FF 3.5.2 (have since reverted back to 3.5). I've
cleared cookies and cache/temp internet file. I've done a
system restore. I don't have any extra "toolbars" installed. There
are no programs in Add/Remove Programs that I don't recognize or that
look suspicious. Hijack This report looks good. I've run Malware
Bytes, AdAware and Avast. I've started FF in safe mode...no change.
There's GOT to be an answer! Anyone? Please??
Monica

Did you disable History? As a Google search suggests that it also disables
autocomplete. Also wiping out the history, autocomplete has nothing to use
to complete. Sounds like you wiped this list clean and now it has to
relearn all of your URLs all over again.

Also be careful when using Firefox (I would run it under a sandbox
environment). As it allows XPCOM and no way to turn it off. This is a huge
security risk just like IE with ActiveX. At least ActiveX can be turned
off under IE, but XPCOM can only be hacked out by an experienced user.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

OK Tom. Where would I find this elusive Yahoo Toolbar? It's not showing on
my browser. It's not listed (nor is any search engine) in Add/Remove
Programs. The only program I've installed in the last few months is
MalWareBytes. It was installed around the same time this problem started.
Can't be sure of the exact time frame. As I noted, I uninstalled it and the
problem still existed. Searching my computer for Yahoo brings up three
files. Would you mind looking at them and tell me if you see a problem?
Thanks,
Monica
http://www.pbase.com/monicakm/image/116378024


"Tom Scales" wrote in message
news:83FA4F7746DA42309CC66ED42B9DC1A3@Tom...
Well, you do have the Yahoo toolbar, is my guess. Some other program
likely installed it.

Go into Add/Remove programs and look around.

-----Original Message-----
From: Monica ]
Posted At: Saturday, August 22, 2009 12:18 PM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: FireFox: Typing Address NAME ONLY In Address Bar No
Longer Works
Subject: FireFox: Typing Address NAME ONLY In Address Bar No Longer
Works

I posted this question to the Mozilla newsgroup 3 days ago. No
replies
I've gotten one response on the Mozilla forum on line but it
wasn't
what
I needed. Hoping someone here might have the answer.
I've been using FF for 4 years. I've always been able to just type
the
name of a url (for example, dell) without having to type the .com or
hold
the ctrl key while hitting enter....just dell and hit enter.
The last few days, if I don't type the (.com) I'm redirected to a
Yahoo
search page instead of my intended website. FF version is 3.5. I've
tried
upgrading to FF 3.5.2 (have since reverted back to 3.5). I've cleared
cookies and cache/temp internet file. I've done a system restore. I
don't
have any extra "toolbars" installed. There are no programs in
Add/Remove
Programs that I don't recognize or that look suspicious. Hijack This
report
looks good. I've run Malware Bytes, AdAware and Avast. I've started
FF in
safe mode...no change.
There's GOT to be an answer! Anyone? Please??
Monica

In ,
Monica typed on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:13:45 -0500:
No Bill, I hadn't disabled history and I still have a list of previous
websites that drop down from the address bar as well. It doesn't
matter if it's a new site or one I'm on every day, if I don't add the
(.com) or hold the ctrl key while hitting Enter, it's going to take
me to a Yahoo search page.

Hi Monica! I am going by Mozilla's features on their website was saying
for a stock Firefox. But it sounds like maybe you had an addon something
like this one. And somehow it isn't working anymore.

Autocomplete Manager 2.3
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2300

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

Monica wrote:
I posted this question to the Mozilla newsgroup 3 days ago. No replies
I've gotten one response on the Mozilla forum on line but it wasn't what
I needed. Hoping someone here might have the answer.
I've been using FF for 4 years. I've always been able to just type the
name of a url (for example, dell) without having to type the .com or hold
the ctrl key while hitting enter....just dell and hit enter.
The last few days, if I don't type the (.com) I'm redirected to a Yahoo
search page instead of my intended website. FF version is 3.5. I've tried
upgrading to FF 3.5.2 (have since reverted back to 3.5). I've cleared
cookies and cache/temp internet file. I've done a system restore. I don't
have any extra "toolbars" installed. There are no programs in Add/Remove
Programs that I don't recognize or that look suspicious. Hijack This report
looks good. I've run Malware Bytes, AdAware and Avast. I've started FF in
safe mode...no change.
There's GOT to be an answer! Anyone? Please??
Monica



Somehow, the Yahoo search has replaced the Google "I'm Lucky" search.
Perhaps the following will help:

http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/a...search-engine/

Frank

I don't have that add on Bill. Besides, I started FF in safe mode which
should have disabled all my add ons and extensions. It didn't help
"BillW50" wrote in message
...
In ,
Monica typed on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:13:45 -0500:
No Bill, I hadn't disabled history and I still have a list of previous
websites that drop down from the address bar as well. It doesn't
matter if it's a new site or one I'm on every day, if I don't add the
(.com) or hold the ctrl key while hitting Enter, it's going to take
me to a Yahoo search page.

Hi Monica! I am going by Mozilla's features on their website was saying
for a stock Firefox. But it sounds like maybe you had an addon something
like this one. And somehow it isn't working anymore.

Autocomplete Manager 2.3
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2300

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

In ,
Monica typed on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:31:35 -0500:
I don't have that add on Bill. Besides, I started FF in safe mode
which should have disabled all my add ons and extensions. It didn't
help

But a stock FF doesn't work that way. Nor does a stock FF searches with
Yahoo's search engine either. And if you had that addon (which does what
you want it too), it sounds like it only works for FF v2.xx. So did you
update FF recently and now you have these problems?

"BillW50" wrote in message
...
In ,
Monica typed on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:13:45 -0500:
No Bill, I hadn't disabled history and I still have a list of
previous websites that drop down from the address bar as well. It
doesn't matter if it's a new site or one I'm on every day, if I
don't add the (.com) or hold the ctrl key while hitting Enter, it's
going to take me to a Yahoo search page.

Hi Monica! I am going by Mozilla's features on their website was
saying for a stock Firefox. But it sounds like maybe you had an
addon something like this one. And somehow it isn't working anymore.

Autocomplete Manager 2.3
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2300

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

Frank, I had just been in the about:config area on a tip the keyword.url
string might be the problem.
It was set to
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-...ient&gfns=1&q=

Did you read that if I complete the address with the usual .com, I'm taken
to my intended webpage, for example, dell.com. It's only if I leave off the
(.com) that I'm taken to the Yahoo search page. In the 4 years I've used
FF, I've never had to type .com or .mil or .edu, etc.
While in about:config, I did find some yahoo strings. I've did a screen
shot and uploaded it to my pbase gallery. As an experiment, I change each
instance of "true" to "false", restarted FF. Didn't fix the problem.
Reversed the Yahoo strings to the way I found them.
about:config results for Yahoo
http://www.pbase.com/monicakm/image/116380010


"Cmplx80" wrote in message
...
Monica wrote:
I posted this question to the Mozilla newsgroup 3 days ago. No replies
I've gotten one response on the Mozilla forum on line but it wasn't
what I needed. Hoping someone here might have the answer.
I've been using FF for 4 years. I've always been able to just type the
name of a url (for example, dell) without having to type the .com or hold
the ctrl key while hitting enter....just dell and hit enter.
The last few days, if I don't type the (.com) I'm redirected to a Yahoo
search page instead of my intended website. FF version is 3.5. I've
tried upgrading to FF 3.5.2 (have since reverted back to 3.5). I've
cleared cookies and cache/temp internet file. I've done a system
restore. I don't have any extra "toolbars" installed. There are no
programs in Add/Remove Programs that I don't recognize or that look
suspicious. Hijack This report looks good. I've run Malware Bytes,
AdAware and Avast. I've started FF in safe mode...no change.
There's GOT to be an answer! Anyone? Please??
Monica

Somehow, the Yahoo search has replaced the Google "I'm Lucky" search.
Perhaps the following will help:

http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/a...search-engine/

Frank