How do I set the default page that comes up when I add a new tab (Click on "+" in upper right)?

When I click on "+" in the upper right to open a new page, it is coming up in a commercial site which I do not want. How to fix?

Thanks for the suggestion.
A few weeks ago I downloaded some free software from the "tucows.com" website, it appears to have permanently hijacked my web browsers (both firefox and IE) so all searches go to their "searchqu" site, and new tabs open at that site. I was unable to repair this with the addins you suggested or by editing my user preferences files, and ended up having to reinstall firefox. Hopefully I won't run into the tucows rootkit ;)
But thanks anyway.
-DPT

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