I'm in a quandry. I use the Firefox browser and they're recently attached a video newscast to lt.

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I didn't pay any attention to it until a couple of days ago when I clicked on the arrow and started the video.

It's a FOX newscast.

Horrible that FOX seems to be on in every mall, doctors' offices, restaurants, gyms — it's fucking omnipresent and now it's on browsers.

Wonder why Firefox agreed to this and how much FOX pays for it?

[marybourg]

1. Fire-FOX. Could they be related?

By marriage, maybe?

[brooklynite]

21. You're aware that Firefox is a non-profit, open-source browser, right?

[marybourg]

28. No. Have no awareness of their

ownership. But was just kidding. Should have put a smilie in.

[Binkie The Clown]

2. I use Firefox and I have never seen anything "attached" to it.

When you say "attached" what do you mean exactly? Where does it show up? On the page you're browsing? On a tool bar? On a drop down or popup?

You must have downloaded some malware that attached itself to the browser. A clean copy of Firefox should not have any videos attached, especially Fox news videos.

[Binkie The Clown]

12. That's NOT coming from Firefox.

It's coming from some malware you loaded inadvertently.

Go to settings/options/general and check your homepage settings. Change them, if necessary, to whatever homepage you want.
You may have a malware that will reset ti over again after you put it back. In that case, find someone computer savy who can take care of it hands on for you.

My mother has this happen constantly, but she clicks on every bit of click bait she sees.
Be cautious about what you click on and you won't get infected that way.

[LeftInTX]

16. Malware!

Your browser was hijacked...
My Malwarebytes blocked the page.

[Fozzledick]

3. What are you talking about? I'm on Firefox and I've never seen anything like that.

Sounds to me like it might be a browser hijack.

[Fozzledick]

9. Yep, that's a browser hijacker that's infected your system, not Firefox.

Search.mynewswire.co (My News Wire New Tab) is a browser hijacker that is bundled with other free software that you download off of the Internet. When installed this browser hijacker it will set the homepage and search engine for your web browser to search.mynewswire.co.

Search.mynewswire.co browser hijacker is commonly bundled with other free programs that you download off of the Internet. Unfortunately, some free downloads do not adequately disclose that other software will also be installed and you may find that you have installed Search.mynewswire.co without your knowledge.

https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-search-mynewswire-co/

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10. Any idea of how to get rid of it?

[Binkie The Clown]

13. Click the link in the post you just responded to

https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-search-mynewswire-co/

[Fozzledick]

15. The link in post 9 has basic instructions.

Here's a more detailed and extensive process from a solid source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-mynewswire.co-home-page/

tl;dr version: install and run Malwarebytes.

[Warpy]

7. I have nothing like it on my Firefox

Maybe you need to look at your add ons and extensions and get rid of that one.

Or you could switch to Sea Monkey. I find it a little less intuitive than Firefox but it's open source.

[Warpy]

17. All I get is the new window.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-or-remove-add-ons

Under "help" is "restart with add-ons disabled." That will tell you if that's where the problem is.

And yes, I've had dodgy sites install crap add ons. You need to keep them policed.

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22. Thanks, I'll try that.

[tandem5]

11. Sounds like you're describing your set homepage...

Open the menu on the top right and go to options to change it. If it reappears again perhaps there might be some malware at play, but there are several benign ways that became your homepage in the first place.

[JayhawkSD]

14. Don't blame Firefox when you download and install malware.

Several different people have told you that you have installed some malware which changed your search engine and/or home page. Instead of blaming Mozilla, maybe you should do two things:
1. be more careful when you install new programs and utilies on your computer
2. Get help with uninstalling thye malware.

The people at this computer help site can help you with number two.

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19. Not trying to blame anyone. Just trying to get to the bottom of it.

[FSogol]

23. But you did blame Firefox and even came up with a tin-foily reason!

ALCOA!

How much did they pay?

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25. Are you serious? The reason I posted what I did is to get advice. The FOX video is on my Firefox...

browser. Not being a browser expert it seemed some kind of deal was struck between the browser company and Fox.

I found out differently and am thankful for the more knowledgeable techies who offered advice to solve my problem, not so much to some others.

[CrispyQ]

31. Never ask for computer advice on DU.

You will get snark & attitude. I'd rather struggle with Google on my own, than ask here.

I use Opera & love it.

[LanternWaste]

30. Presumption of media paying for saturation is indeed, tin-foily and without precedent.

Presumption of media paying for platform and demographic saturation is indeed, tin-foily and without precedent.

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32. Did you forget the sarcasm gif?

Presumption of media paying for platform and demographic saturation is usually the smart way to go until proven otherwise.

[DetlefK]

18. Sounds like you accidently installed an add-on or malware.

1. Have anti-virus check for malware.
2. Look in the Firefox-options at the list of installed Add-ons if there's something Fox Newsy.
3. Clear browser-cache.
4. Delete cookies.

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20. Thank you. I will try your suggestions.

[hunter]

24. Please edit or delete the posts with the active mynewswire link.

Otherwise you may be passing the infection on to others.

[brush]

26. Done, and thanks.

[left-of-center2012]

27. I quit Firefox and went to Chrome

Too many problems.
I now love Chrome.

[JayhawkSD]

33. I did too, until it started freezing at frequent intervals. nt

[left-of-center2012]

34. Firefox freezing is what drove me to Chrome

Go figure

[TheBlackAdder]

29. I don't see it, but then again, I have the NoScript plug-in, a fully customizable ad/script blocker.