Free does not usually mean that it comes without annoyances – a lesson learned from free AVG antivirus. Apparently it likes to hijack my browser without my consent. Here are the steps to get rid of that pesky AVG safe search for Mozilla’s Firefox address bar:
- Type in the address-bar about:config and press Enter
- Confirm warning dialog
- Type in keyword.url in the filter
- Change value of keyword.url to http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q= by right clicking on it and selecting “Modify” from the popup menu