The firefox page comes up when i open the browzer. How do I keep this from happening??

The Firefox page comes up when i open the browser. How do I keep this from happening??

Press command + option + esc keys together at the same time. Wait.
When Force Quit window appears, select the Safari if not already.
Press Force Quit button at the bottom of the window.   Wait.
Safari will quit.
Relaunch Safari holding the shift key down.
For more on this:
http://www.thesafemac.com/eliminating-browser-redirects-and-advertisements/

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