Try to disable or uninstall the Ask toolbar extension.

Thanks so much, that worked! Lou

it works, thank you.

You're welcome.
Please mark this question as Solved. Thanks !

Is there any other way to get around it...I kinda need the toolbar ATM...but I NEEEEEEEEEED to be able to open new tabs too lol

worked for me too. now i just gotta figure out how to get the pogo search from showin up errytime i open a new tab :s

I don't have Ask toolbar extension. Any other suggestions?

That worked straight away, thanks! Don't these people even bother testing their extentions etc before putting it out there?

Go to Tools Add-ons in there, you may notice the ASK logo. If you have the Trillian ToolBar that could be causing it also. I just found out it is associated with ASK.

I too uninstalled the Ask toolbar and it helped. You must close all firefox windows before uninstalling. And I didn't need to go into firefox safe mode.

Manoj(Kerala, India)