Opening a new URL, a blank page appears with 2 messages on the top left and right corner of the window: "Advertise here" and "Skip this ad" and it will not go to the requested site until I push "Skip this ad"
It would be nice to have the possibility to attach a print screen or something to give you a better idea what is happening and how it looks like. Anyway, what I described above is accurate: - the address bar shows the link where I wish to go - but the page loaded is blank with these 2 hyperlink messages ("Advertise here" in the top left corner, and "Skip this ad" in the top right corner). I would like to emphasize that it does not have to do with the requested URL: it does the same thing with all sites, all the time.
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This type of behaviour may be caused by malware. Try running several malware scanners. It is best to run several as each will pick up things that the others miss. Some scanners you can try are:
Hi Toni, I have Win7 so Windows Defender is on by default, tried Ad-Aware did not work either.
This problem does not present itself in other browsers (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera or Safari) so that's why I though and still think it has to do with only Firefox.
You are saying it is a malware targeted only for Firefox?? I doubt that but it might happen. I am really curious if anybody else using Firefox are experiencing this same thing or only me?!
For me is the same, it's yet 6 months. the blank page apears for the first 20-30 of the day's navigation, then no more. For example: If I open firefox at 9 a.m., it appears until 9.30 more or less. If i surf the web until mignight, at 00.01 a.m. this page starts bugging me. I have yust to click on the link "skip this ad" to return to the desired web page. Using Adblockplus and NoScript plug-ins had sadly no effect. I've read somewere that the ploblem should be an f**** adware called "directCPV"., and that the solution is toremove an .exe file called Directcpv.exe or somewhat else, but in my pc I haven't found any of those linked to this adware. I tried a full system scan with an antivirus (McAfee), with Malwarebytes, Ad-Aware, ATF cleaner, Spybot, Exterminate-it but NO RESULTS. I tried to do this in safe mode too. No way cleaning the cache, temp files, cookies etc. finally I tried to uninstall Firefox (cleaning all registry entry too) and reinstall it, but the problem is still there. The only cure seems to be formatting the HD, but it's very last chance. If someone have an idea, please post it here.