Open a new tab, mystery browser opens

I have Google set as my home page. When I open Firefox, it goes to Google. However, when I open a new tab, I'm getting lab.search.conduit.com. Has pix of Honey Boo boo's mom and crap like that. Anyone know what I can do to get rid of this? Is it as simple as running my virus and malware programs?

You can open the about:config page via the location bar and search for prefs that refer to conduit and reset related user set (bold) prefs via the right-click context menu to the default value.
If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
You can check in "Windows Control Panel > Programs" for recently installed programs to see if anything from Conduit or any other suspicious software like Search Protect shows up.
*Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Uninstall or change a program
*Click the Installed column to sort by this heading

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