Plagued by unrequested page redirect for 1 click youtube downloader. Stopit!
my Firefox across all installed PC's (a few for me all on W7, and my wife's on W10) is, without our permission, without ever accessing the obstreperous page, or operator action, opening and switching to a page offering up '1-click youtube downloader'. We never want to see this page again. How do we stop this activity?
Thanks Art & Maureen
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Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
- Anti-Rootkit Utility - TDSSKiller
- AdwCleaner (for more info, see this alternate AdwCleaner download page)
- Hitman Pro
- ESET Online Scanner
Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista if you don't already have one. Windows 8/10 have antivirus protection built-in.
Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.
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BTDT several times. I use Malawarebytes, iobit malware fighter, have a hardware firewall and BitDefender on all PC's. None of them report anything. Nor can I find any reference to the offending page anywhere in Firefox Options.
From your reply I guess its not Mozilla doing this. Thank you.