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Yahoo search pops up in a new tab whenever I close an active tab. I want to remove Yahoo search

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Whenever I close an active tab, Yahoo search pops up in a new tab. I want to remove Yahoo search form my firefox browser completely. I don't use Yahoo search and this is very annoying

'''Whenever I close an active tab, Yahoo search pops up in a new tab. I want to remove Yahoo search form my firefox browser completely.''' I don't use Yahoo search and this is very annoying

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You need to figure out what you installed into Firefox that is causing that, it isn't a standard part of Firefox.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes