After struggling (deleted from progeams and features, cleaned registries, removed all found entries possible) searching the web, I thought of contacting Babylon support and was given this solution for my browser (Firefox):
To remove the search new tab in Firefox please use the following steps:
• In the address bar write : about:config
• remove the babylon “search.babylon.com” from the |keyword.URL”
• change the search.babylon.com to any of the search provider you want example: (www.google.com)
• remove the babylon “search.babylon.com” from the |extensions.babylontoolbar.newtaburl”
• change the search.babylon.com to any of the search provider you want example: (www.google.com)
You may also want to try this I found on this blog:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/773310
To revert to Google as your preferred search engine, please do the following.
- In the location bar, type about:config and hit Enter.
- In the filter at the top, type: Babylon.
- Double click it and remove whatever's in there and replace it with http://www.google.com/search?q=
- It's possible that Babylon will add itself to more than one place in about:config. Therefore, after completing the above steps, type "babylon" in the filter at the top. For every instance where you see a setting with that name in it, right click it and choose Modify and then Reset.
- Then close Firefox and restart it.