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eveytime i open firefox another window opens bogabids why?)

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there was a video update for firefox and i installed it and now when i start firefox other windows start as well for example ,bogabids,poker, fix your windows 7....this did not happen before the update please help.

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there was a video update for firefox and i installed it and now when i start firefox other windows start as well for example ,bogabids,poker, fix your windows 7....this did not happen before the update please help. Thanks Mike

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hitaman pro is scanning now...can i have one or more scanning programs running at once?

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so far hitman pro came up with tracking cookies and one suspicious nsisos.dll

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Microsoft safety scan didn't come up with anything yet still scanning

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hit-man pro came up with 394 malicious and removed them but still firefox is opening other tabs...i had to restart Microsoft safety scanner as i had to reboot to remove male-ware

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ok i will rest after all scanning is done

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can i run one or more scanning programs at once?

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the reset did not work it keeps opening another tab

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OK nothing works scan was negative.....even when i open IE i get multiple tabs opening on there own

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now this is getting really frustrating I've search on the internet about this tab thing happening and dates back to 2009 with people and firefox opening tabs on it own so i did all my scan and still opens new window with bogabids and clean windows 7 and poker888 so i don't know what else to do any help would be appreciated.... firefox was good for the 2 years i have been running it and now this, which i can't resolve

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Hi Mike, does this problem only occur when you first start Firefox using your desktop icon, or does it also occur when you create a new window (Ctrl+n) or at other times?

For launch-only problems, the problem can be a compromised shortcut. right-click the icon > Properties > Shortcut tab. The "Target" for 64-bit Windows 7 should be no more and no less than the following:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
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Hi Mike, since this problem affects both IE and Firefox, if hijacked shortcuts are not the cause, it would be useful to investigate your connection setting. Although normally you would just send network requests through your ISP, if they are being redirected to another source, that can cause Bad Things to happen.

In Firefox, the default is to piggyback on your IE connection settings. You will see that here in the Options:

orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced > Network mini-tab > "Settings" button

The default setting is "Use system proxy settings" but you also can select "No proxy" to try to connect as directly as possible.

For IE, you have the choice of accessing Internet Options through the IE menus (which keep changing, but you can tap the Alt key to get the classic Tools menu) or the Windows Control Panel. On the Connections tab, click the LAN settings button and clear all the options so nothing is checked. (This assumes you do not intentionally use a proxy.)

Does that make any difference?

(Just a note that to Windows, LAN is your broadband connection, whether you operate a home network or not, and whether it is hardwired or wireless.)

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

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Thank you jscher2000 i will try that and see what happens

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OK so far no new windows are popping up

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OK i've been to alot of sites that i go to and no new windows are popping up so maybe that fixed the problem i will see what happens in a few days.Thanks for your reply.

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