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opening uncommanded windows

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As of today, no change to Firefox, it tries to open what appears a speed dial item in a new window. This is being done without any input from me. If I hover over task bar and close new window a new different one tries to open.

As of today, no change to Firefox, it tries to open what appears a speed dial item in a new window. This is being done without any input from me. If I hover over task bar and close new window a new different one tries to open.

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You may have ad/mal-ware. Further information can be found in this article;
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.