Something added a Yahoo toolbar to Firefox, how do I get rid of it?

A Yahoo toolbar and search was added to Firefox. I suspect I missed a box I needed to uncheck when something updated.

10/28/11 - I just fixed this problem and found the solution in one of the other replies. 
Here is the sequence for FF 7.1 (W7-HP) : 
Note: You should, first, Uninstall the Babylon program with Control Panel or, I think, it will just re-infect FF. 
1) Show the FF Toolbar (I hide mine) and select 'Tool" 
2) Select 'Add-ons' 
3) Select 'Extensions' 
4) A list of extensions will appear; 
(On mine, Babylon was right at the top) 
Look for Babylon Toolbar; at the right will be two options: 
Disable Remove 
5) Click on 'Remove'; close the tabs and exit FF (restart FF). 
6) The Babylon stuff should be gone. 
Good luck, this was a real PITA.

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Here is the sequence for FF 7.1 (W7-HP) : 
Note: You should, first, Uninstall the Babylon program with Control Panel or, I think, it will just re-infect FF. 
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Good luck, this was a real PITA.

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== I ran across bearshare a few days ago - can't get rid of it. ==
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