Firefox search engine problem

[lordfiend]

Hi there people hope everyone doin' great
I am facing problems with my firefox and opera as well
for firefox if i type any thing in address bar i.e. also google search bar it wont show any results in status bar it just shows "waiting for www.google.com"
But this waiting never ends i use adsl broadband so speed is no problem
Please post any advice or solution to this
Thanx in advance

 

[auscanzukus]

You don't need to go to any search site to search. Just punch in your keywords in the top-right text box with a magnifier icon on the right. Or click the next drop-down, manage search sites... Install google & set it as default.

What add-ons are installed?

Can you post this file?

C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc\hosts