How do I eliminate and prevent anew the multiple book mark duplicates which includes site I did not mark myself?
My bookmark toolbars contain a large number of duplicates, in one instance 15, for a single site. It contains book marks for sites that I did not save. I have tried to manage and delete, per instructions. However, deleted bookmarks return again and duplicates continue to grow, even though I use a particular location infrequently.
Opaite Mbohovái (2)
I've seen this happen twice for two different reasons.
The first was caused by a website that someone was visiting. It was a sketchy website that was mimicking the keyboard shortcut for bookmarking, so it was able to add bookmarks by tricking Firefox.
In the other case, it was a malware-related issue. The user has an infection on this system that was adding bookmarks. It's probably a good idea to scan your computer. You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
- Anti-Rootkit Utility - TDSSKiller (for more info, see this alternate TDSSKiller download page)
- AdwCleaner (for more info, see this alternate AdwCleaner download page)
- Hitman Pro
- ESET Online Scanner
The only other thing that pops out to me right away in your particular case is that you are using iCloud Bookmarks. Is it possible that the bookmarks that are being added are from your iCloud account or another device connected to your iCloud account? My recommendation would be to try running Firefox with that extension disabled for a while to see if the problem goes away.
Hope this helps.
See also:
- /questions/1270207 Quite regularly my list of Bookmarks is expanded or even copied twice or more automatically. Can't identify a reason for this action but it's a nuisance.
- /questions/1269035 I have a bookmark that I keep deleting but it has come back with over 1300 copies of itself. How can I fix this?