PCPowerBoost has taken over FireFox; how can I remove it?

When downloading Adobe Flash, I got a bundle of other stuff (unwanted). I was able to uninstall all but PCPowerBoost 1.0.5. That seems to have infected FireFox. When I open FireFox, the search engine that comes up is Astromendia. I deleted that from my list of programs but I believe it's embedded in PCPowerBoost. I have uninstalled and reloaded FireFox but with the same result. How can I get rid of PCPowerBoost?

Hello,
Please see one of these guides:
* http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-astromenda-virus/
* http://malwaretips.com/blogs/astromenda-removal/
If you have already uninstalled it, likely there are just some residual files leftover. You can first check your extensions to see if that didn't get removed:
* Tools (or [[Image: New Fx Menu]]) > Add-ons > Extensions
Try running the scans outlined in the guides above (download links here as well):
* [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware]
* [http://general-changelog-team.fr/en/downloads/viewdownload/20-outils-de-xplode/2-adwcleaner AdwCleaner] (for more info, see this [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ alternate AdwCleaner download page])
You can use the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/ Search Reset Tool] extension to reset some of your settings. Installing this will set your home page, new tab page, and search preferences to the default settings and then the extension will uninstall itself.

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