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Hi, My browsers, IE & Firefox have been hijacked by Amazon Smart Search. How do I remove it under win 8 64 bit. Thank you, Clarke

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Thank you John, I have done that, I removed Smart Search from providers list, made Bing the search default, removed all toolbars related to amazon, and changed home screen to Bing for both IE and Firefox. I also removed for IE the Regedit start screen entry. also, there are no references to Amazon Smart Search in Programs and Features sorted by Alpha or Date. However, after I do the above clean-ups Amazon Smart Search comes right back the next time i start up IE or Firefox defaulting automatically to Amazon Smart Search. Clarke

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THANKS FOLKS,

However, I have done/tried all of the above and Amazon Smart Search keeps coming back.

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HI FOLKS,
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE TECH TIPS. THEY LED ME TO FIND THIS ARTICLE

http://www.malwareexperts.com/how-to-remove-amazon-smart-search-virus/

WHICH I FOLLOWED THE STEPS THEREIN TO ELIMINATE THE VIRUS AND NOW ALL MY BROWSERS ARE BACK TO NORMAL.

REGARDS, CLARKE

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tx for the update