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I periodically hear a porn chat when I turn on Firefox. How can I turn this off?

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There is a porn chat room that comes on periodically when I turn on firefox. It doesn't what web site I am looking at. It seems to show up when I am looking at a Google site but I could be mistaken.

There is a porn chat room that comes on periodically when I turn on firefox. It doesn't what web site I am looking at. It seems to show up when I am looking at a Google site but I could be mistaken.

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cor-el
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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox > Preferences > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Firefox > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

It is possible that there is a problem with the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.

Delete the files sessionstore.js [2] and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.

If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost, so you will have to create them again (make a note or bookmark them).

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