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I HATE the recently added hyperlinks inserted into text that want to sell me something or help me find a job! How do I eliminate this function?

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KC_Dad_of_9
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On every page, web content is hyper linked. When you hover over the link, an advertisement appears. Many times the ad is for finding a job. Other times it is advertising a product for me to purchase. It is annoying and distracting.

I am an adult educator teaching software for on-line programs. I host webinars and record many of them for future user reference. I cannot have this new, unexpected functionality "popping up" in my training.

The new hyper links along with the newly added "sale an item" tab opening when I click a link or click on the page are enough to have me stop showing my learners my training using Firefox. (I have used Firefox's Community Support and I believe resolved the "new tab" issue using "browser.link.open_newwindow" config and changed my setting from 3 to 1.)

How to I stop Firefox from adding hyper links on random web content not originally designed to have hyper links?

On every page, web content is hyper linked. When you hover over the link, an advertisement appears. Many times the ad is for finding a job. Other times it is advertising a product for me to purchase. It is annoying and distracting. I am an adult educator teaching software for on-line programs. I host webinars and record many of them for future user reference. I cannot have this new, unexpected functionality "popping up" in my training. The new hyper links along with the newly added "sale an item" tab opening when I click a link or click on the page are enough to have me stop showing my learners my training using Firefox. (I have used Firefox's Community Support and I believe resolved the "new tab" issue using "browser.link.open_newwindow" config and changed my setting from 3 to 1.) How to I stop Firefox from adding hyper links on random web content not originally designed to have hyper links?

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philipp
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hello, this sounds like a problem possibly caused by adware/malware on your pc. please go to firefox > addons > extensions & remove any suspicious entries (toolbars, things that you have not installed intentionally, don't know what purpose they serve, etc). also go to the windows control panel / programs and remove all toolbars or potentially unwanted software from there and run a full scan of your system with the security software that you have in place and different other tools like the free version of malwarebytes & adwcleaner.

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