How can I stop firefox from highlighting text on every site that leads to an ad?
Every time I use the web, certain words in the text will be highlighted and if you click on them, they lead to an ad. How do I block this?
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On Mac: hold down the Options key while starting Firefox
Maybe also do a malware scan:
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hi, does the same thing happen when you launch firefox once in safemode too? if not you might have a malicious extension (adware) installed causing this that you should look into and remove...
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How do you start in safemode?
hi, that's also explained in the help article i've linked to: you can either go to the firefox menu > help > restart with addons disabled or press the shift key while launching firefox in order to get into safe mode.
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On Mac: hold down the Options key while starting Firefox
Maybe also do a malware scan: