Error message when creating a link

[ephonewiz]

when i go to create a link i get this error

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare plgSearchVirtuemartAreas() (previously declared in /home2/ephone/public_html/plugins/search/virtuemart.search.php:30) in /home2/ephone/public_html/plugins/search/virtuemart.php on line 170

its in joomla but the error is virtumart
im stumped any help would be greatly appreciated

using
2.0.8a