How to remove Webalta from Mozilla Firefox?

The most obvious way to remove Webalta fromMozilla Firefox seems like a normal change of home page. But after restarting the browser it turns out that the obsessive start page has not gone anywhere. In this case it is necessary to act more radical methods - edit settings file user.js.

Usually this file is located at the following address:

From: \ Documents and SettingsCurrent_User_NameApplication DataMozillaFirefoxProfilesxxxxxxxx.default (instead of xxxxxxxx is an arbitrary combination of letters and numbers, individual for each computer).

Please note that the Documents and Settings folder can be hidden, so you will need to enabledisplaying hidden files and folders. If the system costs you not on drive C, but on another partition, the Documents and Settings folder should be searched for on the system drive, not on drive C.

So, in the specified folder, find the file user.js and open it with a text editor, for example, standard Notepad (clickright-click, select "Open with" and select Notepad in the list of applications, tick "Use the selected program for all files of this type" should not be set).

After opening the file, find the lines in which the entry occurs _http // webalta.ru. Replace it with the address of your preferred home page (for example, http://www.google.com or http://www.yandex.ru).

If you want to open a blank tab instead of a home page, you need to enter this line about: blank. If you use the add-on to create visual Speed ​​Dial bookmarks and are accustomed to using it as your start page, enter the following text in the line: chrome: //speeddial/content/speeddial.xul.

Save the changes and close the file.

Also need to check in the same folder prefs.js file. Open it with Notepad, find the lines in thewhich you see already familiar to you record _http // webalta.ru, change it to the same address of the start page that you entered in the previous file, and save the changes you made.

If you are afraid to skip the desired line, you can use the AutoCorrect function. To do this, from the Notepad "File" menu, select"Replace" or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + H. In the "What" line enter the text _http // webalta.ru, in the line "What" - the desired address of the start page, then click the "Replace All" button.

Preferably before editing keep copies of user.js and prefs.js files in a separate folder or on a flash drive in case you edit something wrong, and you will need to return everything to its original form.

Now you can change start page in browser. To do this, from the Tools menu, select"Settings". In the settings window that opens, go to the "Basic" tab and look for the "Home" line. Enter the URL of the site you want to make the home page (the same one you entered when editing the files user.js and prefs.js), click OK.

Just in case, you can check the registry and browser shortcut properties. To edit the registry, click "Start", thenRun, type regedit, and then click OK. In the opened registry editor, click Edit, click Find, and type webalta in the search bar. When the search is complete, delete the values ​​found. Please note that All the manipulations with the registry you perform at your own risk, so if you are not sure about your actions - better do nothing.

For view the properties of the shortcut right click on the shortcut Mozilla Firefoxon the desktop and select "Properties." In the properties window go to the "Shortcut" tab and pay attention to the "Object" line. There should be written:

"C: Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe"

If instead you see the text of the form "C: Program Files (x86) Mozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe" http://start.webalta.ru/, safely delete unnecessary text and click "Apply", and then click "OK".

Now you know, how to remove Webalta from Mozilla Firefox. Hopefully, the intrusive start page will not bother you anymore.