[PLUG-TALK] Can't get rid of DuckDuckGo

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

Did it by any chance install a browser extension?

Ted

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From: PLUG-talk <plug-talk-bounces at pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of John Jason Jordan
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2023 8:56 PM
To: PLUG-Talk <plug-talk at lists.pdxlinux.org>
Subject: [PLUG-TALK] Can't get rid of DuckDuckGo

Suddenly today every time I search now DuckDuckGo gives me constant ads. Furthermore somehow they have managed to make DuckDuckGo immune to the ministrations of the ad blockers I have installed in Chromium.
Moreover, I decided to switch to a different search engine, and I discovered a new one in the drop-down list - Ecosia. I selected it, but when I try to search I still get DuckDuckGo. Ecosia is still selected in Chromium settings, and I even restarted Chromium, but DuckDuckGo won't turn loose of the browser. 

How can I get rid of DuckDuckGo?
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