I am using an Asus laptop running Windows 8. Recently I developed a problem with the Firefox browser. Every time I opened it, instead of opening the Home Page, it redirected to a junk website. Sometimes it would cycle through a number of junk websites before deciding on one to open. I didn't have problems with redirects once I started using the browser - just on opening it. I assumed there was something nasty on my machine, so ran various scans including Avast, TDSSKiller and Malwarebytes. Only Malwarebytes found anything - which I obviously purged from the machine. I also disabled all the extensions and plug-ins in the browser. And uninstalled (using IObit) any programs I wasn't sure about or thought I no longer needed. I made sure to shred any leftover files it found. None of this solved the problem. On my desktop is a folder called 'Old Firefox Data'. I tried to delete and shred this folder, but although IObit told me the files had been shredded, it remained on my desktop. And the problem continued. I therefore decided the only option left was to completely uninstall Firefox. I did this, again using IObit to check it had all gone. However, the 'Old Firefox Data' folder remains on my desktop. I tried again to shred it, but it's still there. I can obviously just hit delete, but I want to make sure it is gone for good. Any suggestions on how I can resolve this please? Thanks.