Weird when I add a new tab

[Pudsey Bear]

in Google.

where did Google go?

 

[Tezza33]

Is Google set as your default search engine?

Make Google your default search engine - Google Search Help

To get results from Google each time you search, you can make Google your default search engine. Set Google as your default on your browser If your browser isn’t listed below, check its help resourc

support.google.com

 

[wildebus]

a bigger question .... does Yahoo still exist!

just because you are searching for an old car doesn't mean you have to use an old search engine

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Is Google set as your default search engine?

Make Google your default search engine - Google Search Help

To get results from Google each time you search, you can make Google your default search engine. Set Google as your default on your browser If your browser isn’t listed below, check its help resourc

support.google.com

Done all that and it still goes to Yahoo Terry.

 

[Tezza33]

Is that on a PC/laptop or a tablet?
On my PC I use Edge and new tabs come up with Bing search even though I have set my default to Google, I cannot remove Bing as a search engine but I have removed Yahoo

I cannot set new tabs to search using Google so I get around it by having google.co.uk as my Home page and clicking on Home gives me this

Not ideal but just one more click, just don't tell Trev

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I didn't get where I am today by using MS Edge Terry, I'm Google through and through browser and email.

It's just an annoyance and may be okay after a reboot, but I have a lot of open tabs on here an Brave which may or may not restore but too wisky.

 

[wildebus]

I didn't get where I am today by using MS Edge Terry, I'm Google through and through browser and email.

It's just an annoyance and may be okay after a reboot, but I have a lot of open tabs on here an Brave which may or may not restore but too wisky.

I used to use Firefox almost exclusively but recently (since I got my new Laptop) I decided to use MS Edge (firefox had been playing up) and actually I think it is pretty nifty I use Chrome for Google related products - so gmail and youtube and probably maps - but switch to Edge for all other stuff on-line.

Update: appears you are sorted? I just hacked into your Google account and got access to your Google Nest camera!!

 

[Tezza33]

I didn't like Internet Explorer but I do like Edge (except Bing), I can go on any of my laptops or tablets and all my favourites are already there

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Egg zacktlee why I use Chrome, even my Chromebook is happy on it.

 

[nabsim]

What do you expect Kev using Windows?

 

[Pudsey Bear]

To just works like it always has Neil

 

[wildebus]

Kev,
did you get to the bottom of this? I don't tend to use Chrome much but today I noticed I get the search using yahoo no matter what I set the engine to.
It only happens in chrome and I think will be something that is noted in this article .... https://www.guidingtech.com/fix-google-chrome-search-engine-changing-to-yahoo/
On my pc, I noticed when hitting the return key after typing in a search, it first went to "search-great.com" and then searched for the word using yahoo. This is in fact a virus - https://malwaretips.com/blogs/search-great-com/
See if you spot that and post back ....

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Still the same, out now so will look tomorrow.

 

[wildebus]

Still the same, out now so will look tomorrow.

be interesting to know.

This malware is not picked up by the usual programs
Malwarebytes ... all good! installed Norton .... No problems! installed Avast... no problems ...
The only one to have found it is SpyHunter - and that costs £70 every 3 months!
Uninstalling Chrome entirely including all the files seems to have done the trick, at least for now. There is one specific file that gets infested - I have deleted it but it still comes back with the dodgy links in so not sure what is driving that?

 

[trevskoda]