new tab redirects to the suspected site

Hello
When I opened a new tab on firefox, it redirects to "Homepage - Web.com /?" s = hp & m = tab"... which my McAfee SiteAdvisor is down as a 'suspcious' site. I searched firefox help forums and looked at my Add ons to see if there was anything suspicious in there... what I have are that I installed (I think):
1 click YouTube Video downloader 2.3.8 (I had more than a month before this tab problem started).
McAfee Site Advisor 3.7.2
Good Inbox Gmail 3.6.0
McAfee Security Scan Plus 1.0 (disabled)

Hi magic_mj, you could install the addon reset search - he'll come back more often customizations make these adware programs in default firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/

also it would probably be good to run a full scan of your system with security tools like the free version of malwarebytes & adwcleaner, which are specialized in the detection of the adware and browser hijackers.
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