Can't get rid of Yahoo as search engine

I am on Windows 8.1, IE 11, and Yahoo has somehow made itself my default search provider. When I open a new tab, it automatically loads. In Manage Add-ons, I have Google set as my default provider and have checked "prevent programs
from suggesting changes to my default search provider". Yahoo is not even there. I have run my anti-virus and anti-malware scans and removed anything that was a nuisance or threat. I went to Programs and Features on the Control Panel to see if anything was
there that should not be (there was nothing). After doing all that, I restarted my computer and when I went to IE, Yahoo still comes up. How can I get rid of it?

See: "How
to Reset Internet Explorer settings".
Then...
1. Please download and run the Microsoft
Safety Scanner tool (freeware).
2. Reboot your PC.
3. Please download and update Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Free
4. Reboot Windows in Safe
Mode and run a Full
Scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
If still no joy...
5. Download and Run AdwCleaner, RogueKiller and Junkware
Removal Tool (Freeware)
6. Reboot and Test.
Best of Luck,
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP Windows Internet Explorer, Windows & Security Expert - since 2003.
Moderator in the Microsoft Community and TechNet Forums
My MVP Profile

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