My search engine keeps changing

Every single time I start up Firefox I find my search engine is changed to Yahoo, and I constantly get a notification about it attempting to change back to Yahoo as I surf the net.
I've tried changing it back in the about:config menu to no avail

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2. Safari > Preferences > Extensions
    Turn those off and relaunch Safari.
    Turn those on one by one and test.
3. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine :
    Select your preferred   search engine.

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It's set to ask.com I want google!

@znca
With all due respect to my esteemed colleague, I don't thing think that your problem will be solved by anything that '''''dmcritchie''''' mentioned.
I '''''think''''' that the changes that Ask.com made to the about:home Search Container are stored in the '''webappsstore.sqlite''' file in your Profile folder. And that deleting that file when Firefox is closed might solve your problem.
But first you have to figure out what you installed ''(or was installed '''for''' you by another program that you installed)'' and un-install that Ask.com garbage, which might be masquerading under a different name, like maybe "search-something". If you don't get rid of the cause, it will probably reset that preference all over again when you start your computer the next time you go to use it.
This has been driving me nuts for the last 4 months, since slightly before Firefox 4.0 was released and the first complaint about the about:home search engine being changed was posted in this forum. Short of actually installing some Ask.com garbage on my own PC and infecting it purposely, I am tearing my hair out trying to come up with a definitive answer about this problem.
''But then again, I ain't a "programmer". I am a retired auto tech / shop owner, with a lot of "spare time" on my hands.''

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