Search settings Notification

[djch129]

This may take longer to explain than I prefer to. Please bear with me.

I always use Google search provider since " day one ".
Lately I had this situation where the search provider was switched Without my doing. I think it was Bing. But there were Yahoo, and I think Ask. Each time I would switch it back to Google.
Until one day I got " pissed off " and I went to Manage Add-ons and remove all Search providers under the list except Google. See screenshot :

However, since then, I am facing this popup when I go to internet....

Then, when I click to see what's the deal, I see this .....

I can't find out which search engine is trying to get in, and I am stuck with this popup. It does not interfer me from normal computer chores, just annoying.
Hoping I can get rid of this.

 

[ilikefree]

What security software have you got running?

 

[djch129]

What security software have you got running?

Avast! free edition. That's it.

 

[Lorien]

Try changing Search Settings to "Allow programs to change my settings" (temporarily) and then make the changes to the search settings that you want (and this time I think they'll be accepted). Reboot. Then return and reset IE to "Notify before making changes to my setup" and I think the problem will be resolved and the error message will be gone.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!