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after ridding firefox it still contains highjacker-how do I get rid ?

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At least 3 different times I have tried to completely remove firefox because it has a highjacker porn site attached. EAch time it is put back in when I down load firefox from your site at mozilla. Can you help me get rid of it. thanks...

At least 3 different times I have tried to completely remove firefox because it has a highjacker porn site attached. EAch time it is put back in when I down load firefox from your site at mozilla. Can you help me get rid of it. thanks...

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Firefox may also be a victim here.

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.