YOOG!

rande · February 20th, 2009, 12:01 PM

YOOG has taken over my Firefox searches. It placed itself as the default search engine and cannot be displaced. Attempts to remove it all fail as it reappears each time the browser starts.

Searches are diverted to their selected sites, and only searching straight from a web page (like dogpile.com or whatever) can I actually use the search engine of my choice.

I've searched the sites of Symantec, McAfee, Kaspersky, Ad-aware, Zonelabs, Mozilla, etc. and there is not a word about this! Search the web however, and there are plenty of users pissed off about this hijack. What's going on here? ...and why no word from the big guys? Are they stumped as well?

**RobRich** · February 20th, 2009, 12:17 PM

Looks like it is little more than a browser search service. Assuming so, the following will probably work....

Quote:

In order to remove this annoying Yoog search bar, you must restart your computer in safe mode. (In order to start in safe mode, restart the computer and press F8 at the very beginning before it comes up with Windows.)
Once in safe mode, go to C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator(or your name depending on the computer)\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\(the name of your profile will appear as a folder.)\searchplugins
A file with yoog in the name will appear. Simply delete the file while in safe mode to completely remove Yoog.
Be sure to empty the recycle bin, then restart your computer in normal mode and it will be gone!

For Internet Explorer, simply change the search settings by clicking on the arrow next to the search box. Make Google your default search bar and be sure to remove Yoog from the list. It shouldn't be a problem from there!

Source: Google Toolbar Replaced with "Yoog" - Toolbar Help

peter_ndc · February 25th, 2009, 04:42 PM

To fix the "yoog" problem, open a new tab, type "about:config" in the address.
Accept "I will be carefull"
scroll down to: browser.search.defaultenginefilename, you will find it set on"Define by user", value: "Yoog".
Right click on the status and select "reset" to go back to default, value will go back to Google.
Continue scrolling down, you will find a few more (I think there were 4 or 5) with "yoog" as value, including "keyword.url". You must find EVERY instance of yoog.
Each time, right click to reset to default.

Good luck!

DelitFaucher · February 26th, 2009, 08:39 AM

check

this thread on the mozilla forums

Dude111 · March 23rd, 2009, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter_ndc

To fix the "yoog" problem, open a new tab, type "about:config" in the address.
Accept "I will be carefull"
scroll down to: browser.search.defaultenginefilename, you will find it set on"Define by user", value: "Yoog".
Right click on the status and select "reset" to go back to default, value will go back to Google.
Continue scrolling down, you will find a few more (I think there were 4 or 5) with "yoog" as value, including "keyword.url". You must find EVERY instance of yoog.
Each time, right click to reset to default.

Good luck!

Welcome to the site.....

That sounds like the easiest way (Assuming it doesnt have seperate entries in the reg)

fastgrafix · March 26th, 2009, 04:24 PM

none of these options worked for me, but heres what did.
(Windows Vista)

Download and install latest IE update,
go to Control Panel
go to Network and Internet
go to Internet Properties
go to Programs Tab
Click on Manage add-ons
Under Toolbars and Extensions- find Snappyads and click disable (wasn't able to delete)
Next go to Search Providers- remove Yoog and any other garbage you don't want, and select a default browser of your choice.
Then in bottom left, check box that says "Prevent programs from suggesting changes to default provider."

I have been trying to resolve this yoog! issue for 3 days this is what finally worked. Good Luck to everyone who gets attacked by Snappyads.

Dude111 · March 28th, 2009, 01:47 AM

Welcome to the site and THANX for your solution

hollybug70 · April 5th, 2009, 04:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter_ndc

To fix the "yoog" problem, open a new tab, type "about:config" in the address.
Accept "I will be carefull"
scroll down to: browser.search.defaultenginefilename, you will find it set on"Define by user", value: "Yoog".
Right click on the status and select "reset" to go back to default, value will go back to Google.
Continue scrolling down, you will find a few more (I think there were 4 or 5) with "yoog" as value, including "keyword.url". You must find EVERY instance of yoog.
Each time, right click to reset to default.

Good luck!

Oh, pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease, let it be this easy! I have no idea what any of this stuff is(about:config or any of the stuff it brings up) but I've done it, I WAS careful

, and I hope it works cause this thing is freakin tickin me off!! What really gets me is that all instances of yoog are defined as "user set"! I did NOT set anything to yoog! Sneaky little bastard, aint it!!

hollybug70 · April 5th, 2009, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter_ndc

To fix the "yoog" problem, open a new tab, type "about:config" in the address.
Accept "I will be carefull"
scroll down to: browser.search.defaultenginefilename, you will find it set on"Define by user", value: "Yoog".
Right click on the status and select "reset" to go back to default, value will go back to Google.
Continue scrolling down, you will find a few more (I think there were 4 or 5) with "yoog" as value, including "keyword.url". You must find EVERY instance of yoog.
Each time, right click to reset to default.

Good luck!

Oh, pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease, let it be this easy! I have no idea what any of this stuff is(about:config or any of the stuff it brings up) but I've done it, I WAS careful

, and I hope it works cause this thing is freakin tickin me off!! What really gets me is that all instances of yoog are defined as "user set"! I did NOT set anything to yoog! Sneaky little bastard, aint it!!

rande · April 5th, 2009, 08:56 PM

Reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling the OS worked.