Firefox quirky, clicks too fast and highlights words I am not highlighting, and opens extra tabs I did not opoen.
I can click on a link and a page opens twice! Or, opens an additional page I did not want to access,. Sometimes, if I try to stop a YouTube video the click on the stop button effects nothing. Very quirky lately.
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What is on the additional pages? ads?
Is this with many websites, some, a few?
Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.
Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to. You may also lose any settings for that website.
- How to clear the Firefox cache {web link}
If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.
A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Did this help?
While you are in safe mode;
Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration {web link} in Firefox. Since this feature was added to Firefox it has gradually improved but there are still a few glitches.
Many web sites. Why should all my cookies suddenly be corrupted?
I just closed this page and a BLANK TAB took its place!
You may have ad/mal-ware. Further information can be found in this article; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no
Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.
I was not thinking its malware, because it started happening right after a Windows update. I uninstalled the update, but the problem has persisted.