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Why suddenly does a voice say "select a sponsored message"

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strossie
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I will be in the middle of browsing or watching some video and suddenly I hear a commercial. It does not relate to anything on the screen and I find no button to turn it off. For the first time today after the first commercial played a voice said.........select one on our sponsored ads. I was not interested in any of them and even if I were, I was busy..............what goes? and how do I make it stop. It's very difficult to listen to the video from an article and the commercial at the same time.

Would appreciate ANY help..............

I will be in the middle of browsing or watching some video and suddenly I hear a commercial. It does not relate to anything on the screen and I find no button to turn it off. For the first time today after the first commercial played a voice said.........select one on our sponsored ads. I was not interested in any of them and even if I were, I was busy..............what goes? and how do I make it stop. It's very difficult to listen to the video from an article and the commercial at the same time. Would appreciate ANY help..............

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FredMcD
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You may have ad / mal-ware. Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.