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(Legitimate) Pop up Windows every time Firefox starts

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So, lately each time I fire up Firefox, the new browsing session recovers pop up windows from previous sessions (from the last time or even some from like, three days ago) I have long closed down. My start up option has always been "Show my windows and tabs from last time" which used to do exactly that: recover tabs I had opened or start with a new blank tab in case I had none opened. Now though, each time I open FIrefox I am getting various windows from previous session(s). The catch here is that this doesn't APPEAR to be a malware issue since I am not getting weird ad/dodgy windows but "legitimate" pop ups I remember I have personally triggered i.e a picture or frame from a trusted site which opened into a new window or a help section from amazon.com etc. This is a first and as you can imagine it has become really annoying. I am using Firefox 25.0.1. Any ideas? Thanks!

So, lately each time I fire up Firefox, the new browsing session recovers pop up windows from previous sessions (from the last time or even some from like, three days ago) I have long closed down. My start up option has always been "Show my windows and tabs from last time" which used to do exactly that: recover tabs I had opened or start with a new blank tab in case I had none opened. Now though, each time I open FIrefox I am getting various windows from previous session(s). The catch here is that this doesn't APPEAR to be a malware issue since I am not getting weird ad/dodgy windows but "legitimate" pop ups I remember I have personally triggered i.e a picture or frame from a trusted site which opened into a new window or a help section from amazon.com etc. This is a first and as you can imagine it has become really annoying. I am using Firefox 25.0.1. Any ideas? Thanks!

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hello waydown, maybe the files in your profile folder that hold the session restroe data got corrupted - maybe try to delete them, so that they can get regenerated correctly next time: go to firefox > help > troubleshooting information, click on profile folder/show folder and close all firefox windows afterwards. a windows explorer window should open up - in there delete all the files starting with sessionstore ...

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philipp
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hello waydown, maybe the files in your profile folder that hold the session restroe data got corrupted - maybe try to delete them, so that they can get regenerated correctly next time: go to firefox > help > troubleshooting information, click on profile folder/show folder and close all firefox windows afterwards. a windows explorer window should open up - in there delete all the files starting with sessionstore ...

James
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Are you properly closing Firefox by way of "File -> Exit" (Ctrl+Q) and letting the Firefox process end before shutting down Windows ?

If Firefox is still running when Windows is shut down then you may get the crash restore session dialog on next Firefox startup.

waydown
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Thanks for your replies philipp and james

Yeah, it seems it's a case of firefox not shutting down properly since the problem appeared ever since I've begun closing down firefox by ending the process (mind you, with a cmd shortcut icon even) in an attempt to efficiently escape from the never-ending flash player script hangs/crashes (disabling hardware acceleration or reinstalling flash player doesn't help). Deleting all the sessionstore ... files solved the pop up windows issue.