Why or how has my Firefox home page been changed to Pogo?

My Firefox homepage has somehow been changed from Firefox/ Google to Pogo/ Yahoo. I don't know how or why. How do I return to the older format?

See [[How to set the home page]] - Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols
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*:How to set the home page | How to | Firefox Help
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