Firefox has installed 'Ask' as the default serch engine, I don't want it but it keeps changing it back.

I prefer 'Google'

There are a few settings you need to check, for details see this post at mozillaZine - http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=5069645#p5069645
For the first setting that it shows how to change (keyword.URL), an alternative to what it mentions is to right-click on the preference and choose Reset, that will also set it back to Google.

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See above

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<blockquote>general.useragent.override 
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*[/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_parentId=264720]
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