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Some words aprears with a link to marketing sites

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Aldo.Cosentino
Aldo.Cosentino
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when I use the Firefox, some words in the text (in all pages I access) appears with a link to commercial or marketing sites, always unwanted. How do I remove those unwanted links? Thanks

when I use the Firefox, some words in the text (in all pages I access) appears with a link to commercial or marketing sites, always unwanted. How do I remove those unwanted links? Thanks

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philipp
philipp
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hello, this sounds like a problem possibly caused by adware on your pc.

please go to the firefox menu New Fx Menu > addons > extensions & remove any suspicious entries (toolbars, things that you have not installed intentionally, don't know what purpose they serve, etc).
also go to the windows control panel / programs and remove all toolbars or potentially unwanted software from there.
finally, run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the free version of malwarebytes & adwcleaner.

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