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Redirect virus (uselnk)...

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janbarno
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So...

I was on y2mate, wanted to download a video, then uselnk happenned: it redirected me to the page, Firefox froze for about 10 seconds then, everything became normal again... except that the y2mate and redirected pages closed themselves. Even if, for the moment, everything seems to be normal, I already launched a scan with my antivirus (paid one), for me, it is a bit strange. Even if Firefox froze sometimes (probably because of my computer), this time, it was suspect, just the time to download something. I searched up what are these redirected and it appears that's a virus/adware or something like that.

Anyway, could someone tell me what should I do? I know that I should check out the extensions, but I have already done that, and nothing suspicious, only extensions that I have installed before.

Ps: sorry for the possible orthographical/syntax mistakes, english is not my native language.

So... I was on '''''y2mate''''', wanted to download a video, then uselnk happenned: it redirected me to the page, Firefox froze for about 10 seconds then, everything became normal again... except that the y2mate and redirected pages closed themselves. Even if, for the moment, everything seems to be normal, I already launched a scan with my antivirus (paid one), for me, it is a bit strange. Even if Firefox froze sometimes (probably because of my computer), this time, it was suspect, just the time to download something. I searched up what are these redirected and it appears that's a virus/adware or something like that. Anyway, could someone tell me what should I do? I know that I should check out the extensions, but I have already done that, and nothing suspicious, only extensions that I have installed before. Ps: sorry for the possible orthographical/syntax mistakes, english is not my native language.

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FredMcD
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janbarno said
. . . then uselnk happenned: it redirected me to the page, Firefox froze for about 10 seconds then, everything became normal again... except

What was on those pages? Messages?


Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to. You may also lose any settings for that website.

If there is still a problem,

Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?

While you are in Troubleshoot(Safe) mode;

Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration in Firefox. Since this feature was added to Firefox it has gradually improved but there are still a few glitches.

How to disable Hardware Acceleration {web link}