Chromebook home page has been hijacked by Yahoo
I am new to the ACER community, my name is John, hi, I need your help with the opening browser page of my Chromebooks.
I have 2 x Chromebooks, an ACER Chromebook C720 and a ACER Chromebook 13.
When opening up the the homepage from start I am taken to the Yahoo UK web page. The address of the page is shown as https://uk.yahoo.com/?fr=hp-avast&type=avastbcl
The ?fr=type&type=avastbcl is greyed out.
The second tab takes me to my prefered web browser Google. I have tried all types of forums and web pages for advice on achieving Google as my opening page.
I have deleted Yahoo from settings via manage search engines and ticked the box Show home button and selected Google.
Before I purchased the second Chromebook (ACER Chromebook 13) I had an ACER Chromebook C720 and laptop with Windows 7 to which I installed Avast software, the laptop became unstable and would not connect to the internet. I decided to abandon Windows altogether and purchased another ACER Chromebook, this time a 13.
As well as the Yahoo opening page I am finding the same internet connection problems with the 2 Chromebooks and get messages saying the web page is not available and check my internet connection.
The internet connection is functioning perfectly and supporting TV and phones.
Before I give up can anybody help.
Thanks for reading this saga, John
as well as the Yahoo
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There are some thhings that will install other junk if you're not paying attention.Go into chrome's addons/extensions and disable or remove the yahoo stuff.
In Google Chrome under settings you will see an option that says on startup, and below it is 3 options. Select open a specific page, and then click set pages to see if it already has an option entered. If not try entering google.com, and see if that solves your issue.
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Hi John,
Chromebooks are great because of how easy they are to reset. Try powerwashing the device and starting over. Backup any locally stored data as it will be erased.
http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27649
Hope this helps,
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Thank you for your advice, as suggested I Powerwashed both Chromebooks. Still when I power up I get https://uk.yahoo.com/?fr=hp-avast&type=avastbcl Not sure what to do, help please.
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There are some thhings that will install other junk if you're not paying attention.Go into chrome's addons/extensions and disable or remove the yahoo stuff.
In Google Chrome under settings you will see an option that says on startup, and below it is 3 options. Select open a specific page, and then click set pages to see if it already has an option entered. If not try entering google.com, and see if that solves your issue.
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Thank you, solved, all opening up as it should do!
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