I open Firefox and the Start page opens . And a tab window also opens up to a site called Game Vat . Any idea why ?

It just started doing it this morning . Wondering if Ive got adware or its a site Mozilla supports .

Try the following:
* [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]]
* [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]]

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