Home page I select keeps converting to searchqu or something

When I close and then open Firefox, it is no longer remembering the home page which I select in internet options. There is a drop box in options which I can set my home page. I have done this numerous times but when Firefox starts it always replaces it with a search page to start.
Firefox didn't used to do this. Is this a change that was put in place with some upgrade that I downloaded or is it an add-on?

See these threads about searchqu:
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