Yahoo is the default autosearch from address bar, despite altering about:config and keyword.URL

== Issue
==
I have another kind of problem with Firefox
== Description
==
The name says it all. Keyword.URL is set to default, "http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q="
It brings me to a Yahoo results page when I type a Non-URL into the addressbar.
"http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchterm&fr=greentree_ff1&ei=utf-8&type=374563"
How can I set it back to Google's "I'm feeling lucky" default?
== This happened
==
Every time Firefox opened
== Recently, no new addons however.
==
== Troubleshooting information
==
Application Basics
Name Firefox
Version 3.6.6
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Installed Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
1-ClickWeather 1.1.9.1 false
Adblock Plus 1.2.1 true
AVG Safe Search 9.0.0.825 true {3f963a5b-e555-4543-90e2-c3908898db71}
Download Statusbar 0.9.7 true
DownloadHelper 4.7.4 true
Fast Dial 2.23b1 true [email protected]
Flash Game Maximizer 1.3.6 true {258735dc-6743-4805-95fc-f95941fffdad}
Google Reader Watcher 1.2.2 true [email protected]
Java Console 6.0.13 true
Java Console 6.0.14 true
Java Console 6.0.15 true
Java Console 6.0.17 true
Java Quick Starter 1.0 true [email protected]
Logitech Device Detection 1.0.176.0 false [email protected]
Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0 false {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}
Morning Coffee 1.33 true morningCoffee@shaneliesegang
SearchPreview 4.6 true
Tab buttons 0.2.8 false [email protected]
TorrentBar 0.9.1.10 false {7b821b0e-b102-4f9b-b6e3-433ede1fe379}
WOT 20100503 true
Search Settings Plugin 1.2.3 true [email protected]
Skype extension for Firefox 4.2.0.5198 true
Java Console 6.0.20 true
Google Toolbar for Firefox 7.1.20100408Wb1 false {3112ca9c-de6d-4884-a869-9855de68056c}
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0
browser.fixup.alternate.enabled false
browser.history_expire_days.mirror 180
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false
browser.places.importDefaults false
browser.places.leftPaneFolderId -1
browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 2
browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri false
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone rv:1.9.2.6
browser.tabs.warnOnClose false
extensions.lastAppVersion 3.6.6
general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
network.cookie.prefsMigrated true
places.last_vacuum 1279237415
print.print_printer Auto hp deskjet 940c on RVDM1
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_bgcolor false
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_bgimages false
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_command
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_downloadfonts false
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_edge_bottom 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_edge_left 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_edge_right 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_edge_top 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_evenpages true
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_footercenter
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_footerleft &PT
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_footerright &D
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_headercenter
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_headerleft &T
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_headerright &U
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_in_color true
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_margin_bottom 0.5
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_margin_left 0.5
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_margin_right 0.5
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_margin_top 0.5
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_oddpages true
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_orientation 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_pagedelay 500
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_paper_data 1
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_paper_height 11.00
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_paper_size_type 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_paper_size_unit 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_paper_width 8.50
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_reversed false
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_scaling 1.00
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_shrink_to_fit true
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_to_file false
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_unwriteable_margin_left 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_unwriteable_margin_right 0
print.printer_Auto_hp_deskjet_940c_on_RVDM1.print_unwriteable_margin_top 0
privacy.cpd.cache false
privacy.cpd.downloads false
privacy.cpd.formdata false
privacy.cpd.history false
privacy.cpd.sessions false
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true
privacy.sanitize.timeSpan 0
security.warn_viewing_mixed false
== Firefox version
==
3.6.6
== Operating system
==
Windows XP
== User Agent
==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
== Plugins installed
==
*-Office Plugin for Netscape Navigator
*np-mswmp
*Musicnotes Viewer plugin 1.17.0 For more information visit Musicnotes.com
*DivX Web Player version 1.5.0.52
*npdivxplayerplugin
*The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.3.2"
*NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
*Default Plug-in
*Shockwave Flash 10.1 r53
*Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5
*Delivery Network Acceleration by BitTorrent™
*GEPlugin
*4.0.50524.0
*BlackBerry WebSL Browser Plug-In
*Google Update
*Java(TM) Platform SE binary
*Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 for Mozilla browsers
*Npdsplay dll
*DRM Store Netscape Plugin
*DRM Netscape Network Object

See if changing 4 options in AVG corrects the problem with Yahoo search:
http://www.avg.com/special-toolbar-how-to-disable-search-tlbrf.tpl-mcr1
'''''Other Issues''''': ~~red:You have installed plug-ins with known security issues. You should update them immediately.~~
'''Install/Update Adobe Reader for Firefox (aka Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox)''': your ver. 9.3.2; current ver. 9.3.3 (important security update release 06-29-2010; see: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html)
~~red:Check your version here~~: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox#Installing_and_updating_Adobe_Reader
~~red:''You may be able to update from the Adobe Reader installed on your system''~~ instead of going to the Adobe site and downloading. Start > Program Files, find and click Adobe Reader to open, click Help, click Check for Updates.
''If you go to the Adobe site to download the current Adobe Reader:''
-'''use Firefox to download''' and '''SAVE to your hard drive''' (save to Desktop for easy access)
~~red:-See the images at the bottom left of this post to see the steps to take on the Adobe site~~
-exit Firefox (File > Exit)
-check to see that Firefox is completely closed (''Ctrl+Alt+Del, choose Task Manager, click Processes tab, if "firefox.exe" is on the list, right-click "firefox.exe" and choose End process, close the Task Manager window'')
-double-click on the Adobe Reader installer you just downloaded to install/update Adobe Reader
*'''NOTE: On Vista and Windows 7''' you may need to run the plugin installer as Administrator by starting the installer via the right-click context menu if you do not get an UAC prompt to ask for permission to continue (i.e nothing seems to happen). See this: http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm
*'''NOTE for IE:''' Firefox and most other browsers use a Plugin. IE uses an ActiveX version. To install/update the IE ActiveX version, same instructions as above, except use IE to download the ActiveX installer. See: [[ActiveX]]
*Also see: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Adobe_Reader ~~red:'''''AND'''''~~ [[How do I edit options to add Adobe to the list of allowed sites]]

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