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the-edmeister replied
David
David

I accidentally installed a program that hijacks Firefox home page and adds keep popping up all over the placed. The only way I can get rid of it is to exit firefox. I tried to uninstall it but the uninstall program freezes up so I have to reboot. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Can anyone help me? Thank You.

I accidentally installed a program that hijacks Firefox home page and adds keep popping up all over the placed. The only way I can get rid of it is to exit firefox. I tried to uninstall it but the uninstall program freezes up so I have to reboot. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Can anyone help me? Thank You.

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Ererer
Ererer

Hello, try installing a free anti-malware to try to get rid of this PUP, or Adware.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/

the-edmeister
the-edmeister

What is the URL of the hijacked page? Anything else you can provide to help us identify what you picked up? Any new add-ons installed?