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firefox hijacked

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I clicked on an ad on my local news site and got cryxos hijacking firefox. windows 7. Microsoft security essentials does not catch it but adaware does catch it. The problem is that it keeps coming back. Is my next step to uninstall firefox and reinstall it?

I clicked on an ad on my local news site and got cryxos hijacking firefox. windows 7. Microsoft security essentials does not catch it but adaware does catch it. The problem is that it keeps coming back. Is my next step to uninstall firefox and reinstall it?

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FredMcD
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You may have ad/mal-ware. Further information can be found in this article; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no

Run most or all of the listed free to use malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.