YAHOO SEARCH PAGE OPENS W/NEW TAB

mistakenly opted in to install YAHOO! toolbar
uninstalled YAHOO! toolbar
now YAHOO! search page opens whenever new tab opens
http://www.google.com/firefox set as home page
win 7 x 64 PRO SP1 [ updated ]
Firefox 10.0.2
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
AMD 8120 3.1 G HZ
8.0 GB RAM
600 GB WD BOOT DRIVE WD6401AALS-00J7B0 ATA
2 TB WD DATA DRIVE WD2002FAEX-007BA0 ATA
2X 150 GB DATA DRIVE WD1600JS-22MHB0 ATA

I watched closely as it opened and found this script [url]
click.w3i.com/?Programid=132&Elementname=TabSearch&Applicationid={5E8E3DF7-A01E-4B94-BC69-BD32867958BB}&Version=3.6.5&Vintage=20120209&Defaultbrowserid=27&Productid=2780&Vendorid=6413&Offerid=6894
it then went to a yahoo! search page
http://search.yahoo.com/?fr=freeze&type=W3i_NA,132,3_6,Tab%20Search,20120209,6894,0,27,0
currently trying to remove freeze.com net assistant
[that's where w3i.com led me]
will advise

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