I cannot get rid of "glarysoft", which has superceded Firefox as my browser; uninstall doesn't get rid of it.

A wellmeaning friend suggested I install "glarysoft", when I was setting up my PC laptop, running W7. Later, I realized that it was unnecessary, and was slowing my computer down, so I uninstalled everything I could find. My problem is, "glarysoft" continues to override my Firefox browser's display. This means that, even though I'm running Firefox, I cannot take advantage of any Firefox features or add-ons, because all that is displayed is the "glarysoft" browser page, with a tiny, little "Firefox" rectangle in the upper left hand corner. Is there any way, short of a total wipe and reinstall, to get rid of this pernicious critter? Thanks, in advance.

Hello oaklander, it seems (from your system details) that you have it as your browser home page, see [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How%20to%20set%20the%20home%20page How to set the home page]
if the above is not helpful you can try the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/searchreset/ SearchReset] add-on, (the add-on backs up and then resets some of your search preferences and home page to their default values, and then uninstalls itself).
thank you

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