Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Mar 24, 2014 1:03pm
So today when I went to go google something, I noticed the Bing somehow had a hostile takeover of my google chrome. Now when I search in the address bar it does a Bing search instead of Google.
I made sure Bing wasn't installed on my computer.
Fuck you Bing.
Any help to get rid of this (already made sure anything with "Bing" was uninstalled)?
I made sure Bing wasn't installed on my computer.
Fuck you Bing.
Any help to get rid of this (already made sure anything with "Bing" was uninstalled)?
pmoney25
Posts: 1,787
Mar 24, 2014 1:05pm
Just google the answer
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Mar 24, 2014 1:11pm
Sounds like a virus. Take it to the Geek Squad asap. They are an amazing group of people who wouldn't even imagine price gouging the shit out of you.
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Mar 24, 2014 1:22pm
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Mar 24, 2014 1:22pm
Go to your chrome options and make google your default search engine
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MontyBrunswick
Mar 24, 2014 1:25pm
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MontyBrunswick
Mar 24, 2014 1:28pm
On the topic, I've given bing a chance a few times and always come back to Google.
I have noticed that Google's results have changed (for the worse) the past year or two. It seems to handle random word searches differently, which is really unhelpful when looking up PC error messages. I have to wrap everything in quotes when I didn't used to have to do that
I have noticed that Google's results have changed (for the worse) the past year or two. It seems to handle random word searches differently, which is really unhelpful when looking up PC error messages. I have to wrap everything in quotes when I didn't used to have to do that
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Mar 24, 2014 1:30pm
Bing is good for video searches. That's about it.
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MontyBrunswick
Mar 24, 2014 1:31pm
True. Expert tip: it searches porn, too.gorocks99;1596024 wrote:Bing is good for video searches. That's about it.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Mar 24, 2014 1:45pm
I like Bing, it's usually the same results and the video search is much better especially for porn. Sometimes if I'm trying to find something specific it's easier with Google so I use that but generally I stick to Bing since they give me Amazon gift cards.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Mar 24, 2014 2:48pm
gAY.I Wear Pants;1596026 wrote:I like Bing, it's usually the same results and the video search is much better especially for porn. Sometimes if I'm trying to find something specific it's easier with Google so I use that but generally I stick to Bing since they give me Amazon gift cards.
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Tiernan
Posts: 13,021
Mar 24, 2014 3:42pm
I love Bing...his road movies with Hope still hold up after 60 yrs.
DeyDurkie5
Posts: 11,324
Mar 24, 2014 7:25pm
Omg great humorTiernan;1596070 wrote:I love Bing...his road movies with Hope still hold up after 60 yrs.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Mar 24, 2014 7:42pm
Hopefully its a virus.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Mar 24, 2014 8:20pm
If you're not careful installing various free software (such as CCleaner and others), they like to try to sneak Bing by you. The other big one is some sort of search or shopping bar (usually gets flagged on my spyware if I miss it).
On a related note, the latest Chrome update kind of sucks.
On a related note, the latest Chrome update kind of sucks.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Mar 24, 2014 9:11pm
Herpes
Pick6
Posts: 14,946
Mar 24, 2014 9:25pm
I use Firefox and Google search.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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Tiernan
Posts: 13,021
Mar 24, 2014 9:32pm
I know...cracked myself up with that one.DeyDurkie5;1596123 wrote:Omg great humor
bases_loaded
Posts: 6,912
Mar 24, 2014 9:53pm
Netscape and webcrawler ftw
Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Mar 24, 2014 10:02pm
I eventually got rid of it, not sure what did it exactly.gut;1596138 wrote:If you're not careful installing various free software (such as CCleaner and others), they like to try to sneak Bing by you. The other big one is some sort of search or shopping bar (usually gets flagged on my spyware if I miss it).
On a related note, the latest Chrome update kind of sucks.
On a related note I hate that every time I update Java they try to sneak McAfee on me.
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Wally
Posts: 481
Mar 25, 2014 5:52am
Bing or Yahoo=better than Google. Besides Google is for liberal geeks.
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
Mar 25, 2014 8:30am
False.Wally;1596204 wrote:Bing or Yahoo=better than Google. Besides Google is for liberal geeks.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Mar 25, 2014 1:33pm
Lol wut?Wally;1596204 wrote:Bing or Yahoo=better than Google. Besides Google is for liberal geeks.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Mar 25, 2014 1:38pm
I am not an liberal, nor a geek, and I use google.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Mar 25, 2014 1:44pm
Apparently someone either is using a certain degree of subtle wit or someone happened to look up Google during some day where they had a left-leaning logo for that day and the sight of it turned him into a Belly/QQuaker-level politard.I Wear Pants;1596332 wrote:Lol wut?