In the address bar type '''about:config''' then click on'' I will be careful'' set your '''browser.newtab.url''' preference to "about:newtab" . To set it right click on '''browser.newtab.url''' then click on Modify and set the value and save it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can check in "Windows Control Panel > Programs" for recently installed programs to see if anything from Conduit or any other suspicious software shows up. *Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Uninstall or change a program *Click the Installed column to sort by this heading You can open the about:config page via the location bar and search for prefs that refer to conduit and reset the related user set (bold) prefs via the right-click context menu to the default value. *http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see: *http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also see these threads for more help: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/977570 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/977627 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/974780