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Invitation to visit Marxism site

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hulbster
hulbster
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Recently when I started typing my mail address, mail.live.com, when I would type the 'm' a site called marxists.org started appearing at the top of the sites list. I'd never visited this site, and have no desire to, but as I was used to mail.live.com appearing at the top of the autocomplete results, I ended up clicking on this site a couple of times.

Has Firefox promoting political sites recently or is there some other explanation for this?

Recently when I started typing my mail address, mail.live.com, when I would type the 'm' a site called marxists.org started appearing at the top of the sites list. I'd never visited this site, and have no desire to, but as I was used to mail.live.com appearing at the top of the autocomplete results, I ended up clicking on this site a couple of times. Has Firefox promoting political sites recently or is there some other explanation for this?

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Click in the field, enter a character or two and STOP ! Using the arrow keys, highlight an unwanted entry.
Then press Shift > Delete Repeat as needed.

Do any of these links help you? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/control-whether-firefox-automatically-fills-forms

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/search?w=1&q=autofill

hulbster
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Thanks for your response. Shift+Del seems to just remove it on that occasion, but then it's right back next time I start typing.

I'm also wondering why it appeared to begin with seeing as I never searched for or visited this site.

FredMcD
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Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar.
The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings.

Turn off Always Use Private Browsing Mode
Turn on Remember My Browsing And Download History
At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes.
At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on ONLY
Cache and Form And Search History leaving the others off.


After, close the browser and restart.