How do I get rid of add-ons that aren't in the Manager but still appear in Firefox?
For some reason I have Qvo6.com opening and creating a new tab every time I open Firefox, I've checked my add-ons and followed the instructions on their Uninstall page, but it doesn't show Qvo6 in the list at all. I never installed any Qvo6 and am worried it might be some sort of virus.
For some reason I have Qvo6.com opening and creating a new tab every time I open Firefox, I've checked my add-ons and followed the instructions on their Uninstall page, but it doesn't show Qvo6 in the list at all. I never installed any Qvo6 and am worried it might be some sort of virus.
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Try to use AdwCleaner to remove this program.
- AdwCleaner:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
You can also do a malware check with some malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - SuperAntispyware:
http://www.superantispyware.com/ - Microsoft Safety Scanner:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx - Windows Defender: Home Page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Spybot Search & Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Kasperky Free Security Scan:
http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
- Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller:
http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
See also:
- "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked