New URL showed up in Mozilla Firefox

[Sterlin]

I had an unwanted and unsolicited URL get written into the browser memory of my home computer's Mozilla Firefox. By that I mean, when I clicked on the drop down button beside the address line up on top, there was a URL listed in there for a site I had not visited.

I have been getting unwanted pop-ups through my Firefox browser for several weeks. I used not to get any. I think I am not on the current version of Firefox.

Anybody every had any experience with an unsolicited URL getting written into Firefox' browser memory?

 

[franklin97355]

Have you checked for viruses and spyware? Update firefox to the latest version to be safer.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Maybe someone else has access to your computer at home, and has visited these sites?

Dan



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[htmlman]

You need to download ad-aware (

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE...0.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5)

install>update>scan.
The first scan will be smart system scan. Right click one of the things it finds and click select all. This will remove the things known as ad-ware, malware, spies.
Then update the program over the intranet.
Tweak the configuration by clicking on the icon of the gear. scanning>scan within archives, advanced settings>include negligible object information>include environment information, Tweak>safety settings>Reanalyze results after scanning>write protect system files after repair, Proceed, close.
Then reboot the machine in safe mode and run the program. This time run the program in full system scan. tic the search for negligible risk entries. This part of the scan will look for data files that are keeping track of computer usage.
Right click the things it finds and click select all.
Run this tool for each account on the machine.