Firefox keeps coming up as my homepage and I have tried every suggestion listed under that problem. I never had this problem until two days ago

Question

I have a gateway NV53A laptop. My homepage has always been http://www.yahoo.com/?ilc=1. Suddenly about 2 days ago, it started coming up as Mozilla.org and no matter what I do it will not stay as the yahoo.com homepage. I have followed every one of the directions listed for people who had the same kind of problem and it will fix it until I shut down or restart the computer. If I have to just get rid of Mozilla I will do that because I have now spent 2 days on this and I'm sick of it. I have done the thing with the preferences, the thing with setting up your homepage, the thing with getting rid of the pref.js and it just comes back and it still goes to firefox. I have right clicked the pref tab and it isn't locked. So if you can help me then that would be great but I have just about decided it is a lost cause.

Answer 1

Here is the stuff from the clipboard about my computer
Application Basics
Name
Firefox
Version
10.0.1
User Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.1
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Enabled Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Crash Reports
about:crashes
Memory Use
about:memory
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
BitTorrentControl_v12 Community Toolbar
3.15.1.0
true
{b6ac5e3c-5ceb-4e72-b451-f0e1ba983c14}
ShopAtHome.com Toolbar
6.0.5.1
true
[email protected]
AVG Security Toolbar
12.2.0.5
false
avg@toolbar
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
4
browser.startup.homepage
http://www.yahoo.com/?ilc=1
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
20120208060813
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
rv:10.0.1
extensions.lastAppVersion
10.0.1
gfx.blacklist.direct2d
2
gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d10
2
gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d10-1
2
gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d9
2
gfx.blacklist.layers.opengl
2
gfx.blacklist.suggested-driver-version
10.6
gfx.blacklist.webgl.angle
2
gfx.blacklist.webgl.msaa
2
gfx.blacklist.webgl.opengl
2
keyword.URL
http://search.conduit.com/ResultsExt.aspx?ctid=CT3225826&SearchSource=2&q=
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
network.http.max-connections
32
network.http.max-connections-per-server
8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
4
network.http.pipelining
true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
8
network.http.proxy.pipelining
true
network.http.request.max-start-delay
0
places.database.lastMaintenance
1346254886
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
100530
plugin.expose_full_path
true
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
true
security.warn_viewing_mixed
false
Graphics
Adapter Description
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
Vendor ID
1002
Device ID
9712
Adapter RAM
256
Adapter Drivers
atiu9p64 atiuxp64 atiuxp64 atiu9pag atiuxpag atiuxpag atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
Driver Version
8.713.3.0
Driver Date
3-29-2010
Adapter RAM (GPU #2)
Unknown
Adapter Drivers (GPU #2)
Unknown
Direct2D Enabled
Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 10.6 or newer.
DirectWrite Enabled
false (6.1.7601.17789)
ClearType Parameters
Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: RGB ClearType Level: 50 Enhanced Contrast: 400
WebGL Renderer
Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 10.6 or newer.
GPU Accelerated Windows
0/1. Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 10.6 or newer.