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how to stop advertisement hijacking firefox page almost all websites get hack

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how to stop advertisement hijacking firefox page , some Powered Lotu advertisment or such kind of stuff hijack my complete web page. I have always click skip on that. Just in case I missed that , then I would be taken to some other websties

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how to stop advertisement hijacking firefox page , some Powered Lotu advertisment or such kind of stuff hijack my complete web page. I have always click skip on that. Just in case I missed that , then I would be taken to some other websties == This happened == Not sure how often == Last 3-4 months

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Scan for malware Install, update and run these programs in this order. They are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode", but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have. (Not all programs detect the same Malware.)

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php SuperAntispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/ AdAware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx Dr. Web Cureit - http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/

If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help: http://bleepingcomputer.com http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/ http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php http://forum.aumha.org/