New tab with advertisement opens

Hello,
I am using FireFox 25.0 on my new Laptop and I usually have one window with several tabs open.
Sometimes when I open a new tab, another new tab containing some kind of advertizing opens by itself.
Could this be some kind of virus or malware?
Any kind of help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks,
Lars
Here is the info that may be needed to analyze this:
Application Basics
Name: Firefox
Version: 25.0
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0
Extensions
Name: Updated Ad Blocker for Firefox 11+
Version: 0.7.7
Enabled: true
ID: {4DC70064-89E2-4a55-8FC6-E8CDEAE3618C}
Name: lucky leap
Version: 1.0.0
Enabled: false
ID: [email protected]
Important Modified Preferences
browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4
browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20131025151332
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20131025151332
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 25.0
dom.mozApps.used: true
extensions.lastAppVersion: 25.0
gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0
network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
places.database.lastMaintenance: 1383930050
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858
plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf
plugin.importedState: true
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true
security.mixed_content.block_active_content: false
storage.vacuum.last.index: 1
storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1381623737
Graphics
Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32
Adapter RAM: Unknown
Device ID: 0x0166
Direct2D Enabled: true
DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16581)
Driver Date: 1-16-2013
Driver Version: 9.17.10.2963
GPU #2 Active: false
GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10
Vendor ID: 0x8086
WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0)
windowLayerManagerRemote: false
AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d
AzureContentBackend: direct2d
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
JavaScript
Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
Activated: false
Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
NSPR
Expected minimum version: 4.10.1
Version in use: 4.10.1
NSS
Expected minimum version: 3.15.2 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.15.2 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME
Expected minimum version: 3.15.2 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.15.2 Basic ECC
NSSSSL
Expected minimum version: 3.15.2 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.15.2 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL
Expected minimum version: 3.15.2
Version in use: 3.15.2

I'm a little suspicious of an extension named "lucky leap". Any idea what that is? You can review/disable/remove extensions on the Add-ons page. Either:
* Ctrl+Shift+a
* orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Extensions. Then, if in doubt, disable.
Usually a link will appear above at least one disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links as the last step.
Does that get rid of the tab?
By the way, the "Updated Ad Blocker for Firefox 11+" isn't very up-to-date any more, so you might prefer to remove that one and get [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ Adblock Plus] instead.

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