I use Firefox 8 and have Windows 7.
My problem isn't the navigation bar in the top right-hand corner of my screen, but when I try to use the search bar on my homepage. It used to just use Google, but now it uses AVG Secure Search. I have disabled the add in the Add-On Menu in the Tools Menu, but it did not do anything. I have already tried uninstalling AVG, but it did nothing, so I reinstalled it. I have also went into the about:config page and changed my keyword:URL to https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=, as well as changing browser.search.defaultenginename to Google. Some one suggested changing browser.search.defaultURL, but that does not come up when I try to filter it. I have also removed AVG Secure Search from the drop-down list in the Navigation Bar in the top right-hand corner. I would really appreciate some help before I have to do a System Restore just go to get rid of this annoyance.

Hello emmetbrown,

For help on your situation please refer to this post.

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I could not find any help from that post. Could you be more specific, please?

Hello Crinblood,

AVG Secure Search functionality is linked to AVG toolbar.

Please follow AVG 2012 (incl. Previous Versions) Uninstall / Re-Install Instructions.
After complete uninstallation, change Search bar and Location bar search to Google and then reinstall AVG.
Make sure not to reinstall toolbar.

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