Solved Change default web email program from Yandex to Outlook


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OK, so i clicked on something i shouldn't have. Even more stupid than clicking on a well designed phishing lure, i clicked on something i did not understand written in Russian. Now when i click on an email address in FireFox it takes me to a Yandex Mail signup screen. Would someone please tell me how to get this back to using Outlook? Pretty please?
 
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brucemc777 said:
Would someone please tell me how to get this back to using Outlook?
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Firefox Settings/General/Applications...
(Perhaps, make sure the link didn't install some weird extension on FF)

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Thank you.

Though i had looked at this setting, it did not have Outlook as an option so i thought i must be wrong! This time i selected Other and navigated to Outlook.

I have to quit taking guesses on other language websites...
 

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Uhg. The price of stupidity.

Although i did change that, any email link still calls up the Yandex mail sign up screen. As i have Defender and MWB running, i suspect it must be a settings change. Taking a shot in the dark, i am finding yandex in several Firefox settings:

  1. browser.uiCustomization.state
  2. extensions.webextensions.uuids
  3. privacy.trackingprotection.emailtracking.webapp.domains

Any advice besides "quit doing stupid stuff"?
 

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brucemc777 said:
Thank you.

Though i had looked at this setting, it did not have Outlook as an option so i thought i must be wrong! This time i selected Other and navigated to Outlook.

I have to quit taking guesses on other language websites...
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Maybe remove that Yandex entry from the list and make sure it didn't install some weird extension!
 

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You were right, it installed some idiot extension. Deleted and all is back to normal. I pray this time i learned my lesson...
 

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If you install the Yandex browser, you will be asked to set your search engine. In Russia, you set it to Yandex. In the rest of the world, to Google.
 

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The way Google is acting with Facebook and politics over the last couple years, i'm seriously thinking i might prefer Yandex. At least they are honest about their subversion.
 

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