Firefox has been altered by Acer. How do you get rid of the Amazon extension?

John123456
John123456 Member Posts: 2 New User

Firefox has been altered by Acer. How do you get rid of the Amazon extension? If you disable it in CCleaner, it comes back active again. Have been searching and removing 3 entries from acer/amazon. Nothing in regedit…

I must say, I like the laptop, but I'm not too happy with the OEM-customisations.

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  • John123456
    John123456 Member Posts: 2 New User

    Thanks very much. However it doesn't help. I've tried all of that. I'm a programmer myself. 63 years old. Was writing software in the 80's already. I guess it's safe to say that I'm not a beginner ;-)
    The extension does not show in the Firefox extension/add-on overview.
    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cannot-remove-add-on-extension-or-theme#w_managing-globally-installed-extensions

    I found two other entries on other locations…. Removing these didn't help.
    Regedit search didn't help. Searched for Acer and Amazon.

    CCleaner is not able to remove it. You can disable it, but it gets turned on again.

    I'm not the only one having trouble with this:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/m9qtxq/i_found_spyware_on_preinstalled_firefox_builds_on/

  • William_mk2
    William_mk2 ACE Posts: 4,198 Pathfinder
    edited February 2023

    @John123456

    Kindly follow the steps given below

    1. Try to remove all the profiles on firefox and check. It might be a profile related issue

    2. Try to uninstall and reinstall the firefox and check.

    3. Try to create a new user on the windows. Login and check.

    4. Sometimes a simple system restore will fix the issue.. 

    Try windows x

    click on power shell admin or command prompt admin 

    type rstrui

    chose an earlier date on which your computer was working fine  

    click on next, finish, yes

    It will restore your computer to an earlier date 

    if you get an message - system restore not completed - click on close 

    It will show you all the icons..

    Try and check whether it is working now ..

    5. If it is still not working then we have to do a refresh and reset

    click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started 

    or 

    on start - type here to search - type reset this pc - click on reset this pc on the top  - click on get started 

    It will show you keep my files and remove everything

    chose keep my files 

    chose the account - type the password - click on local reinstall - click on reset 

    It will be in progress.. 

    login to computer and start using the computer. 

    If it is still not working 

    click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started 

    chose remove everything 

    click on local reinstall - just remove my files - click on reset

    It will be in progress

    Note:

    If you do refresh ( keep my files ) -  all your personal files like pictures, music , documents , videos  will still be intact.   Only the applications will be lost

    If you do reset  ( remove everything )  - you are doing a factory default.   It will become like a day one computer.    It will wipe out everything and take your computer to day one like a new computer. 

    You can also do the recovery in an alternative way..

    There are two alt keys on the keyboard.  If you look at the bottom row of keyboard you can see the one on the left side of space bar and the other on the right side of space bar.  The alt key on the right side will be looking like alt, alt gr or alt car.  Turn off the computer.  Hold the alt key on the left and tap f10 continuously.   It will go to repair mode. It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshoot.   If it is not going to repair mode, turn off the computer.  Turn on the computer.  Hold the right alt key ( alt gr or alt car or alt )  and then tap f10 continuously.  It will go to chose an option continue and troubleshoot..

    It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshoot

    Go to troubleshoot  -  click on reset this pc

    click on keep my files  ( only applications will be lost )   chose your account and type your password   - click on local reinstall  - click on reset

    It will be in progress 

    If the keep my files option is not working 

    Go to troubleshoot  -  click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – just remove my files – click on reset 

    It will reinstall windows. 

    If the just remove my files is not working..

    Go to troubleshoot  -  click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – Fully clean the drive – click on reset 

    It will reinstall windows. 

    Note: You can also go to chose an option , continue , troubleshoot by holding the alt key + tapping f10  or alt gr + tapping f10 on the keyboard while turning on the computer.    Once you see the troubleshoot option, you can stop tapping the f10 and stop holding the alt key.    Then you can try the keep my files and remove everything ( just remove by files and fully clean the drive ) by following the steps which was mentioned above. 

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  • Puraw
    Puraw ACE, Member Posts: 13,186 Trailblazer

    Hi @John123456

    Check the Windows-Mozilla folder in Task Scheduler and disable all tasks and edit the triggers; remove enable. Check also OEM and any Acer tasks (in the library and disable all). Open Services in Windows if there is a Mozilla or Firefox service present, disable that too. When you run Firefox and it asks permission to change you HDD or Update Firefox, click No, otherwise these task/services will be activated.