Please remove that link - this is a public forum.

You mentioned that you get redirected to a porn site, which suffices.

Thank you for removing that link  !

Back to your problem - would you please take a look at these articles  ?

https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-porn-popup-ads/ and : https://www.lifewire.com/firefox-redirect-virus-removal-3972281

Maybe you'd like to install uBlock Origin :

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

And - just to be on the safe side - run the malware scans that aare listed in this article :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware

'Sure hope this helps  !

I've been answering on the wrong thread somehow. It's all got hopelessly mixed up.

Here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1203857?utm_campaign=questions-reply&utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification

But to cut to the chase:

I still have the redirect problem. I've reset firefox (some time ago) I've run some software suggested on the thread, I'd tried to add in a plugin suggested on the thread and that didn't work.

I've checked the URL on the desktop link. I've looked for apps recently installed that are suspicious or I don't want, didn't ask for: nothing.

I've run ccleaner, adwcleaner, search and destroy and had Avast do a scan.

I use opera and chrome now.

Did you uninstall all FF and deleted the Mozilla folder? Those redirects mean the malware doing that is already past your Protection and no amount of scanning will fix it. If you don't uninstall and delete the Mozilla folder no one will know if this fixed it or not. Put this way once a malware infections gets past your A/V it will not detect it as problem or malware because it has taken over your A/V program and it will no nothing is different. Choices:

1. Uninstall and completely remove all Mozilla and FF traces. Reinstall with hope this will fix it.

2. Take to Computer shop to remove infection.

And clicking on "edit the question" will not bring up such links as your saying. This means the infections was already there to start with before FF was involved.

I clicked on edit and got transferred to a porn page. If that's what I say I did then that's what I did.

Many malware progs are installed and operating and are later rooted out by other anti malware progs. Else what's the purpose of running them?

I newly installed Firefox not too long ago. I will do it again. Am on the verge of doing it again. But I thought I might ask Mozilla and see what they had to say.

Really nothing. I mean nothing peculiar to Mozilla. I could have got all the same information and advice from a forum on RC cars or such - anywhere there's computer savvy people.

That's fine. I was only querying.

@ abrogard. You should try the "Block this site" add-on and use it on every unwanted site that you want to block. It will not appear again. You can also use the hosts file.