Ad box on my home page. used firefox for years now thenew version is doing this to me.

I would like to know how to get those little ad boxes off my firefox homepage. I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR HOURS and i am not sure why. I have used you browser for many years and this is just frustrating. I just got a new mac and the last thing i want to do is deal with a browser.

Easier to just change the homepage to what it used to be, before Firefox 4. <br />
http://www.google.com/firefox
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page

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