[Bug 1237577] [NEW] Search engine changed after update, unable to change it back manually

[Przemysław Kulczycki]

Public bug reported:

Firefox seems to have changed the default search engine from Google to Interia recently, and I can't change it back manually.
about:config doesn't list anything about Interia, and the search field (I'm not using it by default, I prefer the combo search/address box) shows Google selected as the default search engine.

>From about:config
browser.search.defaultenginename;Google
browser.search.order.1;Google

grep install /var/log/dpkg.log.1 | grep firefox:
2013-09-18 12:25:49 status installed firefox:amd64 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-09-18 12:25:49 status installed firefox-globalmenu:amd64 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-09-18 12:25:49 status installed firefox-locale-en:amd64 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-09-18 12:25:49 status installed firefox-locale-pl:amd64 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: firefox 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-41.64-generic 3.5.7.21
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-41-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
BuildID: 20130911163500
Date: Wed Oct  9 20:23:08 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-25 (257 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal regression-update running-unity

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