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EBay pushing advertising webpages

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Mike Shell
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I visited eBay.com yesterday, Now, every time I search art or photos, an eBay page selling such items pops up. Adblock Pluse extension does not stop it.

I visited eBay.com yesterday, Now, every time I search art or photos, an eBay page selling such items pops up. Adblock Pluse extension does not stop it.

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Friends, I've just discovered that when I searched eBay yesterday, it changed my default Firefox search engine to eBay without my knowledge or permission. I have changed the default back to DuckDuckGo. Thanks.

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Paul
Paul
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Hi Mike

Does uBlock Origin (an alternative content blocker) help?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

Mike Shell
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Réiteach Roghnaithe

Friends, I've just discovered that when I searched eBay yesterday, it changed my default Firefox search engine to eBay without my knowledge or permission. I have changed the default back to DuckDuckGo. Thanks.