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My Firefox has started opening a new spam window with a high freqency whenever I click on items in sites I am working within. Not happening on Safari.

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When I click on items with a site/page opened within FireFox, I often get a new tab opening that is a spam tab. This isn't happening within my other browser (Safari), so it seems to be a bug within my FireFox. I tried trashing Firefox and reinstalling, but it still happens. This an example of what I get: https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=iba&hsimp=yhs-1&type=mnff_6017_FFW_US&p=YTIxMjE5NzUwNTVg1kvqCfeOKLB4AR33riaCrqNV3HoNN8IrME9ejIgE5cWrPljBMWcDLtIfKlHqXZKTmoi6GwJZq8mk8%2FWDbZc1tBQaOLw3Z5Y48V9C5d9lawYIYxKAqcqBiDunpejiM602XO7bNUP1yRpL3qe8s%2BkRgyebbgvSN%2F28aX5k19ZABSBu74syw7eZc44sndbnsM1bq1oZmFEyO%2FdVSY2A%2Bia0DQnaGV%2BJBsnzGeHQ4k7wrN96D5lqUpZJ99UkJ3XjRLDZLGblr2q6QJnod696kOWTvsZ8VaMyKzt4w99ZFjXx%2BStcn1Pr6pmw5IzM%2BiX1RLSRxGNDbuIj87%2F1QHJJt1cSTfv9%2BnbYz%2BolMFXC4IzARaA84h5rr1rlQS40XA%2FlKnhnxk8tZXpgchkPFXiAB%2BLCtfUvyRFuWmKH6Fl6hB8lpVZFXWjEkTc50XQchIXp%2BwsQ54UErLeEP%2BW6PlpmR72LWcCrmLArFSza5E7Y81R2x%2FbqEFX0Zx3UzwF6xkTgvnA8Xj0Zd5BDYw%3D%3D

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https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=iba&hsimp=yhs-1&type=mnff_6017_FFW_US&p=OTM0NjAyMjc5OfefVF%2FArfLs4KjRAfXnpfQTx8290DIPutAGP%2F%2BF94ttXZp9NME4KQrg1rtvowIF96D179hxZzgWgHATG5hBad62CXQFRr8oy3Ja%2B%2BySenQaG6pRR4UHqjQL%2Fz5jFten4QcVbQbaondNYgtdV4Vs4JhKaB4iEVArd%2BUdRV8OcGDY7lMh9%2Bux2bOD8n9MdB3Xdyf04x0qJTG5s0b7WxHQ1vvwpbRXW6FIInAzWf3QrZIi8o2RpFosEoZ2DFqpdGgsYet%2FTefUqpW91idEZyKja2g5iCxT1qSgpmJvXoMrdyx0X%2BInSFcQ%2BUebkqHxGbptFFrkaNWzWbK1Fk7mwNLCcW%2BaFk21vaKmydNDf6uGelg7WyAfhBvRa9XvblfIkU5eCMdE2ujbzC0HZZmVonN91qbFoWy6TvSy5ohaOmm37fOtSbKnJy4VZs4aFyUr61rNUW57tpxntWhjPZOPdv3EoVg8A7V%2BtXhytjLjp0WrJWmgB4EvHK%2BjCyszzA9JrE8deO5v2f3pACKPK6Su54K86%2FYRIOPdoJC5sYqmD3OX0GEB5dhz5yh3QjvYF50bZkkELikRaJYkH8tZjfftPCU6QgoC%2FKXDWD%2FL2YctMpw7ohhG

How do I get rid of this? I am at the point of not using FireFox any longer. Tried to attached an image of one of the tabs opening up, but it won't let me.

When I click on items with a site/page opened within FireFox, I often get a new tab opening that is a spam tab. This isn't happening within my other browser (Safari), so it seems to be a bug within my FireFox. I tried trashing Firefox and reinstalling, but it still happens. This an example of what I get: https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=iba&hsimp=yhs-1&type=mnff_6017_FFW_US&p=YTIxMjE5NzUwNTVg1kvqCfeOKLB4AR33riaCrqNV3HoNN8IrME9ejIgE5cWrPljBMWcDLtIfKlHqXZKTmoi6GwJZq8mk8%2FWDbZc1tBQaOLw3Z5Y48V9C5d9lawYIYxKAqcqBiDunpejiM602XO7bNUP1yRpL3qe8s%2BkRgyebbgvSN%2F28aX5k19ZABSBu74syw7eZc44sndbnsM1bq1oZmFEyO%2FdVSY2A%2Bia0DQnaGV%2BJBsnzGeHQ4k7wrN96D5lqUpZJ99UkJ3XjRLDZLGblr2q6QJnod696kOWTvsZ8VaMyKzt4w99ZFjXx%2BStcn1Pr6pmw5IzM%2BiX1RLSRxGNDbuIj87%2F1QHJJt1cSTfv9%2BnbYz%2BolMFXC4IzARaA84h5rr1rlQS40XA%2FlKnhnxk8tZXpgchkPFXiAB%2BLCtfUvyRFuWmKH6Fl6hB8lpVZFXWjEkTc50XQchIXp%2BwsQ54UErLeEP%2BW6PlpmR72LWcCrmLArFSza5E7Y81R2x%2FbqEFX0Zx3UzwF6xkTgvnA8Xj0Zd5BDYw%3D%3D and https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=iba&hsimp=yhs-1&type=mnff_6017_FFW_US&p=OTM0NjAyMjc5OfefVF%2FArfLs4KjRAfXnpfQTx8290DIPutAGP%2F%2BF94ttXZp9NME4KQrg1rtvowIF96D179hxZzgWgHATG5hBad62CXQFRr8oy3Ja%2B%2BySenQaG6pRR4UHqjQL%2Fz5jFten4QcVbQbaondNYgtdV4Vs4JhKaB4iEVArd%2BUdRV8OcGDY7lMh9%2Bux2bOD8n9MdB3Xdyf04x0qJTG5s0b7WxHQ1vvwpbRXW6FIInAzWf3QrZIi8o2RpFosEoZ2DFqpdGgsYet%2FTefUqpW91idEZyKja2g5iCxT1qSgpmJvXoMrdyx0X%2BInSFcQ%2BUebkqHxGbptFFrkaNWzWbK1Fk7mwNLCcW%2BaFk21vaKmydNDf6uGelg7WyAfhBvRa9XvblfIkU5eCMdE2ujbzC0HZZmVonN91qbFoWy6TvSy5ohaOmm37fOtSbKnJy4VZs4aFyUr61rNUW57tpxntWhjPZOPdv3EoVg8A7V%2BtXhytjLjp0WrJWmgB4EvHK%2BjCyszzA9JrE8deO5v2f3pACKPK6Su54K86%2FYRIOPdoJC5sYqmD3OX0GEB5dhz5yh3QjvYF50bZkkELikRaJYkH8tZjfftPCU6QgoC%2FKXDWD%2FL2YctMpw7ohhG How do I get rid of this? I am at the point of not using FireFox any longer. Tried to attached an image of one of the tabs opening up, but it won't let me.

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hello, this sounds like a problem possibly caused by adware on your system.

  1. please go to the firefox menu ≡ > addons > extensions & remove any suspicious entries (toolbars, things that you have not installed intentionally, don't know what purpose they serve, etc).
  2. also run a full scan of your system with a security tool like the malwarebytes for mac.

Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

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philipp
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hello, this sounds like a problem possibly caused by adware on your system.

  1. please go to the firefox menu ≡ > addons > extensions & remove any suspicious entries (toolbars, things that you have not installed intentionally, don't know what purpose they serve, etc).
  2. also run a full scan of your system with a security tool like the malwarebytes for mac.

Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware