Windows 8. I open a new firefox and get on a page. When I click on a link, example my schools website, it goes to a random page.

Question

I have a new laptop, windows 8. I have Avira, popup blockers. This is what happens:
I open Firefox. It goes directly to google.com, my home page. I click on say my schools website and I go to put the cursor on the login and it opens up this random webpage in a new tab. It does this every time I start up firefox. I have the default popup blocker on, my popup blocker and it still happens. It is quite annoying. Instead of the pointer finger it is the arrow and doesn't do what I'm trying to do.

Answer 1

Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
* [http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/default.aspx Microsoft Safety Scanner]
* [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware]
* [http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363 TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility]
[http://windows.microsoft.com/MSE Microsoft Security Essentials] is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
Further information can be found in the [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]] article.
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