HOW DO I STOP ICQ FROM HIJACKING MY PREFFERED SEARCH ENGINE

Every time I start firefox ICQ search hijacks my search engine in the tool bar . I have removed it many times. But on restart of firefox it comes back. Its very frustrating that they can do this.

1. On the address bar, type ‘about:config’ without quotes.
2. Locate keyword.url
3. Right click on it and reset.

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