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The website nohomepage set launches every time I open a new tab,though my default page is Google

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When I launch Firefox for the first time, my default home page of Google displays correctly. When I click on the + tab to open a new tab, a website nohomepageset launches. This happened after a clean install of Windows 8 and Firefox

When I launch Firefox for the first time, my default home page of Google displays correctly. When I click on the + tab to open a new tab, a website nohomepageset launches. This happened after a clean install of Windows 8 and Firefox

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You may have ad / mal-ware. Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.


Type about:config<enter> in the address bar. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. At the top of the screen is a search bar. Type browser.newtab.url This tells Firefox what to show when a new tab is opened. If you want, right click and select Modify. You can change the setting to;

about:home (Firefox default home page), about:newtab (shows the sites most visited), about:blank (a blank page),

or you can enter any web page or about: page you want.

The same instructions are used for the new window setting, listed as browser.startup.homepage.