Every time I open a new tab I am sent to the Ad-aware Secure Serch page. I have downloaded the New Tab add-on and the NewTabURS add-on but neither of them work.

Every new tab opens to the Ad-aware SecureSearch page. When a new tab was opened I used to get a page with my most used sites. I have tried to find and remove this program but nothing I have used will find it. I have downloaded some add-ons to change what occurs when a new tab is open but none of these will replace the Ad-aware search page. Can you tell me how to get rid of this. this is the address of the new tab page now:
securedsearch.lavasoft.com/?pr=vmn&id=webcompa&ent=hp_WCYID10088_cnet_141226

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Installed Plug-ins
Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.5.5"
Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.8
Having more than one version of a program may cause issues.
Bookmark and use this;
'''[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/ Mozilla Search Reset]''' {web link}
This add-on is very simple: on installation, it backs up and
then resets your search preferences and home page to their
default values, and then uninstalls itself. This affects the
search bar, URL bar searches, and the home page.
'''[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/settings-guard Settings Guard for Firefox]''' {web link}
Detects and resets changes to settings that are frequently done
by add-ons and application installers.

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