Battling claro-search. Address bar no longer displays "About Home". Instead I get "Go to Website" Problem?

I have been battling Claro-search. I have tried all displayed fixes including running Superantispyware and Malwarebytes. Every time I restart Firefox 16.0.1 the claro-search items show up in "About:config". My concern is that the address bar displays, "Go to Website" when it previously displayed "About Home". I have also tried to uninstall and reinstall firefox using a download from Mozilla site. Any suggestions? Thanks. Paul

If you do not keep changes after a restart then see:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
See also these pages:
*[[/questions/934685]] Firefox Homepage Hijacked by Claro-Search
*[[/questions/933520]] Whenever I click on plus tab on firefox browser, Isearch.claro page opens up.
*[[/questions/934390]] How do i get rid of Claro-Search taking over NEW TAB function?

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