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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
Sun Oct 29, 2023, 10:21 AM Oct 2023

I have a desktop and a laptop. Windows 10 and Windows 11.

In the last month or so every time I click on anything it takes me to a new window with some ad in it. I have to x out of that page then find the page I was on and click back into it. For instance if I click on a thread in DU a new window opens with some shopping page. I x out of that and have to scroll past any other windows I have open to find DU, open it and click the link again.

Doesn't happen on my chromebook.

Is this an upgrade or is it part of google or chrome settings? How do I fix this?

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I have a desktop and a laptop. Windows 10 and Windows 11. (Original Post) AndyS Oct 2023 OP
I'd be shopping for another browser stopdiggin Oct 2023 #1
Something similar happened to me years ago, and it was malware. I downloaded and ran a complete 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2023 #2
SuperAntiSpyware seems to have fixed it! AndyS Oct 2023 #3
Yay!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2023 #4

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,887 posts)
2. Something similar happened to me years ago, and it was malware. I downloaded and ran a complete
Sun Oct 29, 2023, 10:28 AM
Oct 2023

scan with SuperAntiSpyware and that got rid of it. You could also try downloading the trial version of Malwarebytes, that's good too.

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