Make the default search results google, not yahoo.

So usually, when i type a single word,(like the name of a website) into the url, i get taken to said website(for instance, typing "infomania" would take me too http://current.com/shows/infomania/). Or at least i would be taken to a google search result. But now, it takes me to some crappy yahoo search. Help?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== I downloaded a java update or something that installed a yahoo toolbar(which i uninstalled)

See this:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.url

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