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Clicking a link on a web page is taking me to an advertising site not the page it should go to.

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cider
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When I click a link on a web page it will take me to an advertising page not the page it should take me to. This is only happening with firefox not the other browsers I use. I uninstalled and reinstalled firefox and this did not solve the problem. Thanks for any help. Larry

When I click a link on a web page it will take me to an advertising page not the page it should take me to. This is only happening with firefox not the other browsers I use. I uninstalled and reinstalled firefox and this did not solve the problem. Thanks for any help. Larry

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

cider
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Thanks OldFox Downloaded one of the listed antimalware software and ran it. It seems to be working ok now. Thanks for your help. Larry