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How can i remove "search-results.com" from my adress bar?

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when i type a word on the adress bar and enter, the word appears to be searchd with "search-results.com" i guess this is something like an adware or something. i search my computer but cannot find anything to uninstall or set. How can it be removed :(

when i type a word on the adress bar and enter, the word appears to be searchd with "search-results.com" i guess this is something like an adware or something. i search my computer but cannot find anything to uninstall or set. How can it be removed :(

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Try to tell us how and when you get this at your address bar.

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thank you very much for your replies... before receiving them i found out that it was a browser hijacker and a friend of mine got rid of it for me but i have no idea how he did it :)

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1. Go to about:config. 2.Search for "keyword.URL". 3.Modify value to default which according Mozilla is:

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=