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When I open a tab it goes to search.rsparks.com. How do I stop this

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When I open a tab it goes to search.rsparks.com. How do I stop this Norton or any of the 5 malware checks didn't work. This started right after the last update a couple days ago. It's not a tool bar issue, I don't use any nor have I downloaded anything. I mostly use this computer to watch youtube.

When I open a tab it goes to search.rsparks.com. How do I stop this Norton or any of the 5 malware checks didn't work. This started right after the last update a couple days ago. It's not a tool bar issue, I don't use any nor have I downloaded anything. I mostly use this computer to watch youtube.

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That search.rsparks.com is a browser hijacker, that you will of course need to get rid of.

Go to the 3-bar menu (or   'Tools') => Addons => Extensions and look for any unfamiliar or suspicious looking extensions, like e.g. :

• SafeSearch Incognito • SearchAssist Incognito • File Convertor and Search Addon

When you find any : remove them.

Do the same in Windows' Control Panel => Programs.

However :   most malware will be 'hiding' somewhere , so let's run malware scans, even though you've already run six scans : let's try again.

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.
They all work differently   -   what one program doesn't pick up, the other might.

Also see : https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-search-rspark-com/

And : http://www.myantispyware.com/2017/06/30/how-to-remove-search-rspark-com-chrome-firefox-ie-edge/

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Yeah I did it all numerous times and even tried uninstalling. No good

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Thadd said

Yeah I did it all numerous times and even tried uninstalling. No good

As you have done everything as suggested by Enigma, I can only think of refreshing Firefox : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings

But first, would you go over this article, just to make sure that you haven't overlooked anything : http://www.computips.org/remove-search-rspark-com/