Windows 10: Firefox Address Bar Suggestions

I have recently deleted my Firefox history, including cookies, cache and everything else. I went back to the beginning of all-time just to make sure there was nothing left.

But I'm still faced with a dilemma, whenever I type a single letter, say R for example, it automatically suggests redtube.com (a porn site). Google search for how to get rid of this leaves me with no answers. Why in the world is it suggesting that I visit a porn site when that site is not in my history or bookmarks?

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Hi AUTiger1

If you click on the three bars, upper right corner of Firefox, then Options, then search on left, then uncheck "Provide search suggestions.

Once you have some history and cookies you likely can reinstate and the suggestions may be more relevant.


Ken

 

OK, so I've just used Firefox Profile Manager to create a new unused profile to test this (run: firefox.exe -p ). Typing 'R' produces no such suggestions.

There may be something more going on here, the fact that it's a porn site is particularly worrying. I would check for malware that may be feeding you these suggestions. I'd try running AdwCleaner.
AdwCleaner - Free Adware Cleaner & Removal Tool

 

Yeah, it's already off and this is still happening. Sure my history (what limited it is) is showing up but I don't know why I'm getting any suggestions at all.

 

Yeah, been a minute since I ran that one so probably need to do it again.

 

When I enter R into the address bar I get a drop down menu of many choices. Using Firefox Nightly 58

 

I searched and went to the site that the OP speaks of, I still get no such suggestions typing r into the address bar!

Better do as @Bree suggests!

 

Did you try shutting off suggestions as I posted?

If you don't want to do that go to rbc.com and rbs.co.uk to build some history and try typing an R in the address / search bar and see if the porn site comes up.

I see AUTigers and I think university Auburn Tigers. Any chance you are located in university town and without history your location is being fed to Google for suggestions.

 

I do see below

 

With a brand new and previously unused Profile I do see suggestions for R, but only built-in generic Mozilla ones.

 

Try The Nightly build and you will see what I see no matter where you try it,

 

Yes, it's been off.

Yes, my SN does stand for Auburn Tigers. I'm not located there but I am located in Alabama.

I did run AdwCleaner and it didn't find anything. I don't know what the problem is but it's not a big issue since no one but me uses this computer. I'm just wondering why deleting all my history and such never erased that. Guess somehow it's built into my Firefox profile so that even though I erased my history and cache and everything it didn't delete it from my search suggestions. Which, I still don't understand why I get any sense it's turned off.

 

I started using Fx 57 Beta 4 this morning and so far it is stable. I was using Nightly 58.