# Get rid of package tracker?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-package-tracker/797663>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 30, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-package-tracker/797663 "2017-09-30T18:30:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-package-tracker/797663/1 "2017-09-30T18:30:41Z")

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My wife, trying to track a package somehow installed a horror called Package Tracker that has taken over her Firefox browser. It installed itself as the initial page (which I was able to change back to Google) but opens in every new tab. I went through Firefox’s options and there was none that suggested that opening a new tab had been changed. Worse, Package Tracker does not show up on the list of apps. I uninstalled Firefox (Mozilla actually) and reinstalled it and Package Tracker comes with every new tab. It is clearly a virus. Any ideas on how to get rid of it?

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-package-tracker/797663/2 "2017-09-30T18:34:12Z")

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From a Google search:  
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1172092](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1172092)  
[https://www.fixyourbrowser.com/removal-instructions/remove-package-tracking-toolbar-uninstall-instruction/](https://www.fixyourbrowser.com/removal-instructions/remove-package-tracking-toolbar-uninstall-instruction/)

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-package-tracker/797663/3 "2017-09-30T19:56:33Z")

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Thanks!!! TSD works again. Amazing. And thanks.