Xfinity is hijacking the google search on fiefox homepage

whenever i search from the google search bar on the homepage it redirects me to xfinity search. I have already changed the default search in about:config from xfinity back to google, but it didnt change anything

Does [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/] help? Do you have any xfinity or comcast toolbars/ extensions installed?

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