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Old 10-06-2016, 08:01 PM   #1
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Adware Issue?

I turn on my computer today and go onto the Globe and Mail on Firefox as I always do every day to check my investment stocks. Then the below shows up. It only happens on Firefox and only on the specific link site that I bookmarked. I try the same page on chrome, no issues.

I tried Eset and Adware antivirus and still picks up nothing. I even did a system restore to earlier point in time, still issue. What gives? Any thoughts guys? Not much information from google I could find. Stupid thing keeps popping up...

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Old 10-06-2016, 09:23 PM   #2
My homepage has been set to RS
 
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Im not really good with computer but it seems like you clicked on something that opened it up.
Maybe your bookmarks url have been changed?
or pop ups??
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Old 10-08-2016, 04:42 PM   #3
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do a clean wipe of browser cookies and history and cache on firefox. should fix the isuse.
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Old 10-11-2016, 07:26 AM   #4
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It seems like your browser was hijacked by some adware.
Try install and run Malwarebytes:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/
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Old 10-11-2016, 09:23 PM   #5
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It seems like your browser was hijacked by some adware.
Try install and run Malwarebytes:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/
It's messed up, haven't been using Firefox so far at home.

Even at work computer, same thing happens. What gives...
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Old 10-11-2016, 09:38 PM   #6
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I use AdwCleaner from BleepingComputer: AdwCleaner Download

Pretty powerful tool. One time job only.
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