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3. They're very big on privacy and that is one of DDGs strong points for me...

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 01:16 PM

Dec 2017

google keeps trying to be my search default but its easy to over ride. I find it happens a lot less if I don't sign in to YouTube. I worry about Yahoo, so I wish mozilla offered e-mail service.

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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