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I had ad malware that I got rid of, but now I dont see captcha's and scroll menus

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I had Ad malware and all sorts of trojans after installing some fake program, I eventually got rid of everything from it.

But I still have problems with my browser(and all browsers for that matter) where I

1.Can't see captcha's, any kind, not just 1 website. 2.Can't see scroll down menu's, like when you click on your gmail icon to pop up a menu showing the other gmails, I have to right click and open a new tab to get to that menu instead of it just being there.

I had Ad malware and all sorts of trojans after installing some fake program, I eventually got rid of everything from it. But I still have problems with my browser(and all browsers for that matter) where I 1.Can't see captcha's, any kind, not just 1 website. 2.Can't see scroll down menu's, like when you click on your gmail icon to pop up a menu showing the other gmails, I have to right click and open a new tab to get to that menu instead of it just being there.

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try this...I use it all the time for my macbook. It's free.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
  • Do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window

Do a clean reinstall of the current Firefox release and delete the Firefox program folder before installing a fresh copy of the current Firefox release.

If possible uninstall your current Firefox version to cleanup the Windows Registry and settings in security software.

  • Do NOT remove "personal data" when you uninstall your current Firefox version, because this will remove all profile folders and you lose personal data like bookmarks and passwords including data in profiles created by other Firefox versions.

Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.

  • (32 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
  • (64 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\"

Your personal data like bookmarks is stored in the Firefox profile folder, so you won't lose personal data when you uninstall and reinstall or update Firefox, but make sure NOT to remove personal data when you uninstall Firefox as that will remove all Firefox profile folders and you lose your personal data.

If you keep having problems then create a new profile to test if your current profile is causing the problem.