'''No''', Firefox doesn't "distribute" your browser history, but websites can use cookies that are set to track the websites you have visited and they can use CSS to recall a certain portion of history from any web browser. But that wouldn't explain how someone got your email address unless you gave that information to a website as part of a registration or login. I suspect you picked up some Malware. Install, update, and run these programs in this order. They are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode" - but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have. '''''(Not all programs detect the same Malware.)''''' Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - [http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php] <br /> SuperAntispyware - [http://www.superantispyware.com/] <br /> AdAware - [http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/] <br /> Spybot Search & Destroy - [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html] If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help: <br /> [http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php] <br /> [http://forum.aumha.org/] <br /> [http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/] <br /> [http://bleepingcomputer.com]