thunderbird starts with spam ads
Hi all!
I am a long time user of Thunderbird, currently using 52.9.1 on Linux Mint 18 (Application Build ID 20180710085647). Last "Crash Reports" were at the end of April (3 which I don't recall being a problem...).
Recently started seeing, in the message window (classic layout) ads asking me about my age & sex, or ads from realtor.com. So I restarted with all add-ons disabled (safe mode) and to my surprise the ads were still present (several restarts with add-ons disabled).
I updated clamav and ran it and found no problems.
Not really sure what else to do.....?
Thank you
PS: My "Troubleshooting Information":
Application Basics
Name: Thunderbird Version: 52.9.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 Profile Directory: Open Directory
(Unknown location) Application Build ID: 20180710085647 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory Profiles: about:profiles
Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.gmail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account2: INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, SSL, passwordCleartext
account3: INCOMING: account3, , (imap) imap.gmail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.gmail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account4: INCOMING: account4, , (imap) imap.mail.yahoo.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account5: INCOMING: account5, , (imap) imap-mail.outlook.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp-mail.outlook.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account6: INCOMING: account6, , (imap) imap.yandex.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.yandex.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account8: INCOMING: account8, , (imap) imap.gmx.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , mail.gmx.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account10: INCOMING: account10, , (imap) imap.yandex.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.yandex.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account11: INCOMING: account11, , (imap) imap.yandex.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.yandex.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account12: INCOMING: account12, , (imap) imap.yandex.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.yandex.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account13: INCOMING: account13, , (imap) imap.mail.ru:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.mail.ru:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account15: INCOMING: account15, , (im) prpl-gtalk, plain, 0
account16: INCOMING: account16, , (imap) imap.gmx.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , mail.gmx.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account17: INCOMING: account17, , (imap) imap.mail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.mail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account18: INCOMING: account18, , (imap) imap.gmx.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , mail.gmx.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account19: INCOMING: account19, , (imap) imap.gmx.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , mail.gmx.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account21: INCOMING: account21, , (imap) imap.gmx.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , mail.gmx.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account23: INCOMING: account23, , (imap) imap.yandex.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: , smtp.yandex.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
Crash Reports https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-6f8e281a-7c27-4b94-a751-7bea00180424 (04/24/2018) https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-381b791c-eea1-4642-93a7-ecc5a0180424 (04/23/2018) https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-3f22c290-64b1-4c94-ad43-dfb900180405 (04/05/2018)
Extensions All Menus Button, 1.1.3.1-signed, false, [email protected] Enigmail, 2.0.8, false, {847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5} Google Tasks Sync, 0.5.3, false, [email protected] ImportExportTools, 3.3.0, false, {3ed8cc52-86fc-4613-9026-c1ef969da4c3} Lightning, 5.4, false, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} MEGAbird, 2.0, false, [email protected] Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration, 1.3.1, false, [email protected] Provider for Google Calendar, 4.4.2, false, {a62ef8ec-5fdc-40c2-873c-223b8a6925cc} Restart, 3.0.2, false, [email protected] sabre/dav (CalDAV & CardDAV) provider for TbSync, 0.8.26, false, [email protected] Send Later, 6.3.8, false, [email protected] SmartTemplate4, 1.5.1, false, [email protected] TbSync, 0.7.16, false, [email protected] ThunderBrowse, 3.82, false, [email protected] ThunderCal, 1.1, false, [email protected] TorBirdy, 0.2.5, false, [email protected]
Important Modified Preferences
Name: Value
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 235520 browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1 browser.cache.disk.hashstats_reported: 1 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 52.9.1 font.internaluseonly.changed: true font.size.variable.x-western: 17 mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1 mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: a63a490e-456a-4946-8707-e8558393043 mailnews.database.global.views.conversation.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"5"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false… mailnews.database.global.views.global.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"5"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false… media.gmp.storage.version.observed: 1 media.webrtc.debug.log_file: /tmp/WebRTC.log network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.predictor.cleaned-up: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1538524961 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 42187 plugin.importedState: true privacy.donottrackheader.enabled: true
Graphics
GPU #1 Description: NVIDIA Corporation -- GeForce GT 750M/PCIe/SSE2 Vendor ID: NVIDIA Corporation Device ID: GeForce GT 750M/PCIe/SSE2 Driver Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 384.130
Features WebGL Renderer: false
AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureCanvasAccelerated: 0 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none AzureContentBackend: skia CairoUseXRender: 0
JavaScript
Incremental GC: 1
Accessibility
Activated: 0 Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
Expected minimum version Version in use
NSPR 4.13.1 4.13.1
NSS 3.28.6 3.28.6
NSS Util 3.28.6 3.28.6
NSS SSL 3.28.6 3.28.6
NSS S/MIME 3.28.6 3.28.6
Gekozen oplossing
I guess that must have been it.... Maybe the add-on thunderbrowse messed with the homepage url, and the ad.... I don't know. Guess I don't really need the add-on anyway.
Thank you, Brett
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You might check what is listed for the url in the Start page field.
In Windows it is under Options-General Start Page.
For Linux in may be Edit- Preferences instead of Options.
This page lists the menu differences between operating systems so refer to that. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences_in_Windows%2C_Linux%2C_and_Mac
Hhhmmmm... thank you. I checked, and the start page url is:
http://start.thunderbrowse.com/
and if I click on the ad the only link I can find is a null:
javascript:void(0);
Just checked:
https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/q?domain=start.thunderbrowse.com
and it tells me it is "up" and it is just me (apparently).
Bewerkt door brett.stokes op
This is the default Thunderbird start url for my locale and operating system. https://live.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/start?locale=en-US&version=52.9.1&os=WINNT&buildid=20180709124824
Not sure what it is for Linux. This page touches on the url some. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Start_Page_for_mail
Gekozen oplossing
I guess that must have been it.... Maybe the add-on thunderbrowse messed with the homepage url, and the ad.... I don't know. Guess I don't really need the add-on anyway.
Thank you, Brett