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Firefox starts whenever I turn on my computer. I have a PC, not a Mac. How do I stop this?

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Whenever I turn on my laptop, Firefox tries to load. It doesn't make it because it tries to load before my wifi connection establishes and so I get an "oops" message. I don't want it to load when I start my computer at all! How do I stop this?

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Every time Firefox opened

== This is recent..but it happens each and every time I start the computer.

Whenever I turn on my laptop, Firefox tries to load. It doesn't make it because it tries to load before my wifi connection establishes and so I get an "oops" message. I don't want it to load when I start my computer at all! How do I stop this? == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == This is recent..but it happens each and every time I start the computer.

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Do you have a shortcut to Firefox in the Startup folder?

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do a scan with the free version of Malwarebytes : http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

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Previous thread: [tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=689600&forumId=1]

If Firefox isn't in the Start > Programs > Startup folder then do a malware check as suggested above. --- Do a malware check with a few malware scan programs. You need to use all programs because each detects different malware. Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page .......... See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked