Here's a mention of this Conduit Search/uTorrent partnership in uTorrent's own forum:īitTorrent also has a partnership with Conduit Search. and the Yahoo Error Handler issue disappeared. After I was done, I checked out "about :config" and was able to reset (remove) any mention of Conduit Search in Firefox. And to delete some of them, I needed "Administrator" privileges. To get rid of it, I had to do a system search for any files/directories using the "Conduit" term as part of it's name. But Conduit Search didn't show up as an installed program.
remaining dormant until my November 7th auto-update to Firefox 25.īTW, when I first noticed this bug, I ran Spybot, Superantispyware, and Avast scans for malware - coming up empty. So, they must have been added to my Firefox plug-ins (without my knowledge) when I installed uTorrent. Note that these two plug-ins are not available on the Mozilla site. But in my Firefox extensions menu, it showed plug-ins for both uTorrent and Conduit Search (which web research told me had partnered with uTorrent). Basically, it was a Yahoo search page telling me the page didn't exist. But starting on the 7th, it took me to a "Page not found Yahoo Error Handler" page. Before the 7th, if I clicked on a link to a page that no longer existed, a Firefox window opened telling me so. For example, I was using uTorrent without issue until my Firefox auto-updated itself to Firefox 25 on November 7th. It seems like most modern torrent software developers have aligned themselves with toolbar purveyors and other invasive "companion" software.
Just curious if such a thing exists nowadays.
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