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I've got a weird problem that started today. When I turned on my laptop and opened up Firefox, the latest version in case it's pertinent, I got a blank page, but the Yahoo logo was present in the tab. I hit the refresh button and the page loaded like it should have originally. I thought it weird but waved it off. Then the next site I visited did the same thing, and the site after that as well. Finally the fourth site, this one, showed up fine. Of the sites I visited after this one most showed up fine, but the occasional one would give me a blank page and then show up fine once I refreshed the page.
I then ran MalwareBytes and it found two toolbars, which I immediately had them remove. Next I ran AVG, but nothing was found. I rebooted my laptop but the issue is still present. I decided to check my desktop, which I rarely use to go online anymore, and the problem was present on it too.
Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this? The only thing I can think of is that a couple of days ago Yahoo! Mail started giving me this pop-down, or whatever that bar is called that pops down at the top of the screen below the tabs, with the following message:
Add Yahoo! (ca-mg6.mail.yahoo.com) as an application for mailto links?
At the end of the bar there's a button labeled "Add Application" and an X next to it to close it. I don't want to add the application so I just ignore the bar. I know this may sound stupid, but could this somehow be causing the problem that I'm now having? I can't imagine what else could be the cause of this, since like I said, it's also occuring on my desktop and I very rarely use it to go online anymore.
I then ran MalwareBytes and it found two toolbars, which I immediately had them remove. Next I ran AVG, but nothing was found. I rebooted my laptop but the issue is still present. I decided to check my desktop, which I rarely use to go online anymore, and the problem was present on it too.
Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this? The only thing I can think of is that a couple of days ago Yahoo! Mail started giving me this pop-down, or whatever that bar is called that pops down at the top of the screen below the tabs, with the following message:
Add Yahoo! (ca-mg6.mail.yahoo.com) as an application for mailto links?
At the end of the bar there's a button labeled "Add Application" and an X next to it to close it. I don't want to add the application so I just ignore the bar. I know this may sound stupid, but could this somehow be causing the problem that I'm now having? I can't imagine what else could be the cause of this, since like I said, it's also occuring on my desktop and I very rarely use it to go online anymore.