How do i get rid of the Yahoo Virus?

Everytime i type something in the adress bar and hit enter i get redirected to yahoo search.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN ASKED MANY DAMN TIMES.
But the solutions suggested DO NOT WORK, because the keyword.URL does not exist anymore.
I've had the same problem 2 weeks ago and yesterday i've let a friend install Spotify on my computer and BOOM - this morning guess who was back.
The last time I had to remove it i had to reinstall everything which resulted in having me to input all the pages i frequently use by hand aswell as the corresponding log ins.
I don't wonna go through this trouble again.
How do I get rid of it and more important is there a way to banish the Yahoo Virus forever without having to gamble everytime you install a new piece of software?

The reason keyword.URL no longer matters is that the address bar is designed to use the same search engine you select on the Search Bar (by default, Google).
If that is not working, check your extensions. You can review, disable, and often remove them on the Add-ons page. Either:
* Ctrl+Shift+a
* orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Extensions. Then, disable everything nonessential or unknown -- often you won't even recognize everything here.
Usually a link will appear above a disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the add-ons page and click the link as the last step.
To clean up non-default settings, you can use the Search Reset extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/
Any luck?

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