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Why do new tabs open behind my main tabthat have nothing to do with what i click on, It's always an advertisment or a video that starts playing behind main wind

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When i click on a link it will open that page but it will also open a new tab behind it, it's always a smaller window that's an advertisement and usually has a video that starts playing as I'm watching a video on the main page. Sometimes it opens more than one tab with the same results and I do have the no pop ups checked in settings. It's driving me crazy.

When i click on a link it will open that page but it will also open a new tab behind it, it's always a smaller window that's an advertisement and usually has a video that starts playing as I'm watching a video on the main page. Sometimes it opens more than one tab with the same results and I do have the no pop ups checked in settings. It's driving me crazy.

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Sounds like you may have picked up a dose of Malware. Please see this support article. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Is+my+Firefox+problem+a+result+of+malware