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how do I get rid of Ask.com as a search engine

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every time I try to perform a search, the engine used is Ask.com, I have removed it from the list of search engines in the drop down.... I tried "Config" and I do not have many of the lines reported to solve the issue......nothing seems to remove this nightmare.... please help

every time I try to perform a search, the engine used is Ask.com, I have removed it from the list of search engines in the drop down.... I tried "Config" and I do not have many of the lines reported to solve the issue......nothing seems to remove this nightmare.... please help

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

You can open the about:config page via the location bar and do a search for ask.com via the Filter at the top of the about:config page.
You can reset all ask.com related prefs that appear bold (user set) via the right-click context menu to their default values.