need help with safe search

Demise II Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:00am

so, for some reason, no matter if its chrome, explorer, firefox, safe search has turned itself on. i cannot turn it off. doesn't matter what search engine i use either, safe search has been turned on, on all of them. so there's websites and other things i cannot use on the internet. however, i can view the same block websites and content on my phone, so i don't understand the problem with my pc.
if anyone has heard of this before and has a solution then i would really appreciate this.

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Demise II Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:01am

need help with safe search

so, for some reason, no matter if its chrome, explorer, firefox, safe search has turned itself on. i cannot turn it off. doesn't matter what search engine i use either, safe search has been turned on, on all of them. so there's websites and other things i cannot use on the internet. however, i can view the same block websites and content on my phone, so i don't understand the problem with my pc.
if anyone has heard of this before and has a solution then i would really appreciate this.

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The Holy Chicken Overlord Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:04am

What search engines have you used? Have you tried Duck Duck Go?

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wokE Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:05am

Check if your anti virus is doing it

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Demise II Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:10am

wow ok. never heard of it but just tried and it worked....but i really want to know why my searches have changed to strict on literally everything else...but thankyou tho for that

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Demise II Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:11am

i have all of my parental controls deactivated on my anti virus...ive been looking at forums for hours and cant figure it out

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The Holy Chicken Overlord Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:13am

Originally posted by Demise II:
wow ok. never heard of it but just tried and it worked....but i really want to know why my searches have changed to strict on literally everything else...but thankyou tho for that

I’m nor sure, I’ve never seen something like this before personally. You said it works fine on your phone, so if someone else has access to your PC they might have caused it and just forgotten about Duck Duck Go since it isn’t that well known.

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Poppi !! Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:15am

Is Google your default ? If so...

- Go to Search Settings.
- Under "SafeSearch filters," check or uncheck the box next to "Turn on SafeSearch."
- At the bottom of the page, select Save.

Otherwise. there's some very useful ( extensive ) information here -

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/websearch/_aKaj8JQ1II/9fcwm1mYAwAJ

Last edited by Poppi !!; Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:18am

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Demise II Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:17am

ive been on forums for hours. theres a whole google forum about it, but from years ago and its never been solved. i live alone so no one can touch the pc and its only a month old. it must be some sort of virus but as it cant be my isp. but i have no idea

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Demise II Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:21am

hi, yh ive saw that forum already, its pretty useless. literally been trying to find a solution for hours. its definitely an issues with my pc, i just have no clue what

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Bad 💀 Motha Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:21am

Each search engine has settings, change them.
https://imgur.com/a/raslbnN

These settings might not "stick" if you are constantly wiping browser cookies, or simply not logging into an account you like to sync data across devices on.

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Demise II Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:22am

when i click turn off and save, it turns back on

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Demise II Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:24am

hi. when i turn the safe search settings off and save, it automatically turns back on. it does this on all of the search engines. and im logged in to my account on them all too

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Bad 💀 Motha Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:28am

Then you might have a virus/malware infection of some sort.
Do a full scan with Malwarebytes and tick options for "Warn User" and also "Scan of Rootkits"

Also check your browser settings are NOT set to "Delete Temp Files Upon Browser Exit"
and things of that sort.

And when making such change to browser or search engine types of settings, ensure only one browser tab is running when you do. As it might not immediately apply to other browser windowed content that is already open until all of the entire browser is fully closed out and re-launched again.

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Demise II Aug 31, 2018 @ 4:50am

ok, doing that now, been scanning for 18 mins so far

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