How can you know if there is a change made to your mac?

I'm not even sure how to ask this and I didn't know how to phrase the question. I was using Firefox 10.0.2 and had been to a variety of my usual websites. Nothing any different at all. Signed into my credit union and when I had finished what I needed to do, I closed the browser as is my habit. There were a few tabs open. For a very brief moment a screen appeared that I did not recognize and all I could see was the word "Results", and then it disappeared. It briefly looked like a page of either a survey or the results of a survey. None of which I remember agreeing to do. I think if I had closed the tabs or minimized them before quitting Firefox, I would have been able to see what it was rather than just getting a glimpse. I have no idea if this is something to be concerned about. it seems to me that anything nefarious would not have let me see it at all. I have gone back and reviewed the history of everything I did today in Firefox and in Safari and there is nothing unusual. I have been to no websites that I have not been to often. There is nothing downloaded and the best I can tell by checking Finder is that there is nothing new, different or modified. The only new thing I have added is AdbIock Plus in the last month. I have no anitivirus or spyware programs and would prefer not to. The Web of Trust is my only other add on. I checked Thomas Reed’s website to find out if there are any new things to be cautious about and just in case have disabled Java (though I have kept it updated) in both Firefox and Safari. I guess my question is would installing ClamXV be over reacting and if not, is it better to do it from their website or the app store. Is there anywhere that I can look to see if somehow something has gotten to my computer or just assume I had something opened that I completely forgot about.
sorry this is so long but I haven’t had one of these semi panics in a while. I hate when something I haven't had happen before, happens and I can't figure it out. I thought providing as much information as I could think of would help ya'll know if I have something to be concerned about.
thank you.

Thank you both so very much for your quick replies. that is what I thought but the your assurances help me ease my anxiety. And yes the credit union has made a change because now it no longer recognizes my computer as a personal computer when I am using Firefox after the latest Firefox update, and requires me to answer a security question to log in, which is why I had been using Safari, but as I was in Firefox I was lazy and didn't switch browsers.

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