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grumbler
grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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edited 27 September 2010 at 3:47PM in Techie Stuff
Anybody else is experiencing this recently?

Extra tabs get opened sometimes, pretty randomly, usually as a result of some action like refreshing. They are always about some Google special search engines (lawyers, property etc.).

Something that I really wouldn't expect from a reputable company like Google. Very annoying.

ETA: I have all pop-ups blocked with very few exceptions that don't include Google.

Comments

  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,389 Forumite
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    Sounds fishy to me. the FF pop up blocker is very effective. I'd suspect you've caught something nasty
  • bat999
    bat999 Posts: 1,948 Forumite
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    Hi
    The usual advice here is to update and run a virus scanner such as malwarebytes and post the log.
    Then run HiJackThis and post the log.
    Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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