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Most likely the exploit changed only the default page that loads when launching a new browser window.

Start by going into browser prefs under "General" and resetting your start page to blank.

Then under the "Search" tab delete any unknown search engines.

Keep the obvious like google, Bing, Yahoo, duckduckgo.

If it's redirecting to Crackle on startup then it's fairly benign.

Crackle.com is a legitimate site.

The *******s that wrote the redirect are likely a part of an affiliate program where they get paid for clicks to Crackle.
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