FireFox home page taken over

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Palladini
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FireFox home page taken over

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My home page on my FireFox, which http://www.msn.com/en-ca?checklang=1$AR=5, but a few weeks ago, this page http://ca.search.yahoo.com/?fr=hp-ddc-b ... syc_bd_com has shown up. SO I go to my Options, change it back to the MSN page and close options, close the window then reopen it, yahoo still shows up. So I open my options, my MSN has disappeared and the Yahoo URL is now there

This makes me upset 8-[ 8-[ , to say the least. What do I need to do get this Yahoo site not to show up
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Have you installed any software lately?
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Do you have a user.js file in your Profile folder?
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Re: FireFox home page taken over

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It is possible something has been installed, this is shared computer and with my wife's Daughter getting married this upcoming weekend, God only knows what was downloaded.
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Do you have similar behavior on all browsers on the computer.

Seems similar to this > https://malwaretips.com/blogs/ca-yhs4-s ... m-removal/
Or this > https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/8 ... m-redirect

These malware hijacks are usually installed with some Freeware app offer... do you see new install of anything in Windnows Control Panel recent installs?
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