I am sick of all of the advertising tabs that open new tabs and even change the address of the tab I'm on. How do I stop this shit from happening?
Adds and new tabs keep opening by themselves. Also, the tab I'm on will change address by itself. This is pathetic. It has to stop. How do I stop it?
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First of all update to the current version of Firefox Fx44 and then to Fx45 when that is available some time next week. You may in future need to take care what you click on and download. Software often comes with things you may not want bundled with it and a very missable chance to opt out.
Add blockers may help with the ads from sites themselves. See
- https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/privacy-security/
- https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/search/?q=adblock&cat=1%2C0&appver=46.0a2&platform=WINNT
- for example uBlock Origin 1.6.2 No Restart by Raymond Hill https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin
You probably have malware or adware on your computer. Please follow the instructions in our help article. Please do try to use all the tools suggested, any one does not find everything, and often once one piece of malware has gained a toehold there will be other problems.
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