Can't get rid of search.conduit

search.conduit has taken over as my homepage and I can't get rid of it. I've tried removing it from Manage My Search Engines. I've tried disabling the add-ons. I've tried 're-set' by entering about:config in the address bar. None of this has worked. Can anyone suggest anything else? Thanks in advance

Which page is the home page?
If there is a problem with searching via the default about:home page then try to reset the search engine used on the about:home page.
Reset the browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone pref via the right-click context menu to the default on the about:config page and close and restart Firefox to restore the about:home page to its default.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config
#Open the about:config page via the location bar
#Type in the Filter bar: mstone
#Right-click the browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone line and select: Reset
#Close and restart Firefox
If this didn't help then delete the delete the chromeappsstore.sqlite file in the Firefox Profile Folder and repeat the above.

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