Just downloaded Firefox 23 update and now links that show up in my browser searches redirect to other pages
I downloaded the new update to Firefox 23 (I wasn't sure about it because it looked very weird and behaved differently) and immediately when I clicked on some (not all) of my bookmarks I was redirected to other pages I have never seen before. Also, when I used either Bing or Google search engines, when I click on one of the links given by the search I got redirected to those same odd pages every time. I closed Firefox and ran a virus scan, and even though it caught the usual number of tracking cookies and malware, they were all the same ones it usually catches. I could not find any strange extensions or plugins in the Firefox list, other than the plugins page now has a tab by every item that shows "always activate". Are you hearing from other people about similar problems?
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could you go to firefox > help > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this might give us a clue what is going on...
Problems with bookmarks and history not working properly can be caused by a corrupted places.sqlite database file.
You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox profile folder.
The "Troubleshooting information" page is big and when I copy and paste its a big mess in this reply square and not everything shows up. And screengrab doesn't let you grab more than one screen. Is there any particular area you're looking for?
if the whole log from about:support doesn't fit into the reply box here you could paste it at http://pastebin.mozilla.org/ and put in a link here at the forum...