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Firefox recently has been infected with putrr18 and redirected site. Will reinstall a fresh copy of frefox help?

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Firefox recently has been infected with putrr18 and redirected site. Also, it opens a new hijack website whenever I logon into any site.

Firefox recently has been infected with putrr18 and redirected site. Also, it opens a new hijack website whenever I logon into any site.

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Before doing anything;

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 malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.

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Before doing anything;

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 malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.