Everytime I restart firefox I have an unwanted tab that appear, even when I go to option and change the homepage.
Everytime I open firefox the homepage change for an unwanted page. I went to option and reset my homepage but when restarting firefox none of the modification are saved. Also when opening a new tab I have an unwanted page that open I would like to go back to the original suggestion of the 9 most used tabs.
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- Click the Firefox button at the top left, then click the Help menu and select Troubleshooting Information from the submenu. If you don't have a Firefox button, click the Help menu at the top and select Troubleshooting Information from the menu.
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Application Basics
Name: Firefox Version: 24.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/24.0
Extensions
Name: IDS_SS_NAME Version: IDS_SS_VERSION Enabled: false ID: {D19CA586-DD6C-4a0a-96F8-14644F340D60}
Name: McAfee SiteAdvisor Enterprise Version: 3.0.0.638 Enabled: false ID: {B7082FAA-CB62-4872-9106-E42DD88EDE45}
Name: Skype Click to Call Version: 6.13.0.13771 Enabled: false ID: {82AF8DCA-6DE9-405D-BD5E-43525BDAD38A}
Important Modified Preferences
browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4 browser.startup.homepage: http://my.oracle.com/site/gbu/index.html browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20130910160258 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 24.0 extensions.lastAppVersion: 24.0 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true
Graphics
Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x0166 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.1.7601.18245) Driver Date: 3-19-2012 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2696 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
JavaScript
Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10 Version in use: 4.10
NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.1 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.1 Basic ECC
NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.1 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Version in use: 3.15.1
If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:
Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
- TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility
- Hitman Pro
- ESET Online Scanner
Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.
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