When I open a new tab, instead of showing my most visited sites, it automatically brings me to a website I haven't favorited or visited.

Pretty much as the question states. Whenever I open a new tab, it directs me to this site called Babylon Search, some sort of search engine-looking website that I suspect could contain malware or something of the like. I've tried everything I can and searched through all of the help topics to find a way to restore the ability to preview my most-visited sites without any luck.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/746530

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