How is "Fast Browser Search" engine PERMANENTLY REMOVED (and I mean wiped), from the search engines that were included by default with recent Mozilla update?

Fast Browser Search (FBS) emgine is now being included in all the Mozilla Updates.
This concerns me because the company that provides it is a known malware distributor.
When Mozilla toolbar "Manage Search Engines" option is selected, I can choose to remove FBS, move FBS to the bottom of the list, move Yahoo to top as preferred, and FBS always comes back when Mozilla is closed & restarted.
If this browser search is used, malware is automatically downloaded onto my computer. My ISP has verified this as fact.
MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (mbam) catches malware stemming from "Fast Browser Search" every time I scan.
I want this removed forever. I love using Mozilla, but if this doesn't go, Mozilla will have to go. I'll have to return to IE (which I don't want to do).
I cannot believe that Firefox Mozilla would knowingly include "Fast Browser Search" in their list of browsers installed by default. And setting the configuration for it constantly trump Google or Yahoo, when I move them to preferred, is ridiculous.
If I go the the Fast Browser Search website and follow the uninstall directions, more malware is slapped on my system. I read your recommendation to use that very process in your forum.
Please Help,
annie

Ahh, the toolbar is still on system. I thought ComboFix got it. I think I'll uninstall Mozilla prior to initiating the fix procedures you linked. The extracare service tech support I'm paying Frontier (ISP) isn't worth a lick. After I thought I had removed, I called them and had my system scoured by them. May need to cancel that $14.90/month service...seems to have been a waste.
Thank you so much.
I will be back with an update. Cross your fingers for me.

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