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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
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Something similar happened to me years ago, and it was malware. I downloaded and ran a complete
50 Shades Of Blue
Oct 2023
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stopdiggin
(12,944 posts)1. I'd be shopping for another browser
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,900 posts)2. Something similar happened to me years ago, and it was malware. I downloaded and ran a complete
scan with SuperAntiSpyware and that got rid of it. You could also try downloading the trial version of Malwarebytes, that's good too.
AndyS
(14,559 posts)3. SuperAntiSpyware seems to have fixed it!
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,900 posts)4. Yay!!!!