Do Search has hijacked my default home page setting

While updating /downloading Java I suspect
I declined all offers for software and eventually stopped the download
Do Search now is the first page that loads when I click on Mozilla
When I press 'home' (top right/address bar) I go to the Mozilla Firefox Start Page
Options/General/Mozilla Start Page is in the little tab window
Control Panel/Internet Options/https://www.mozilla.org/ is in Home Page window
however if I click on 'Use default' switch "do Search' pops back in.
I deleted/blocked the extension in the Mozilla Add-on section
I ran a virus scan and cleaned my computer, restarted however I cannot fix the problem

The target shows the command that is used to launch Firefox and should only have the full path to the Firefox program enclosed in quotes.
*(64 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
*(32 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
If you see a reference to the do-search website then remove that trailing part.

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