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Having issues with mouse click popups in my browser

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JoshN
JoshN
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I'm being inundated with annoying new browsing tabs opening up to some random webpage ,usually an advertisement, every time that I click on a link on a page that I want to be in.

I'm being inundated with annoying new browsing tabs opening up to some random webpage ,usually an advertisement, every time that I click on a link on a page that I want to be in.

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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You may have ad / mal-ware. Mac Malware Scanners https://discussions.apple.com/message/29938930#29938930

You can also try https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/mac/index.html

Adblock Plus {web link} Blocks annoying video ads on YouTube, Facebook ads, banners and much more. Adblock Plus blocks all annoying ads, and supports websites by not blocking unobtrusive ads by default (configurable).

Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon {web link} Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon extends the blocking functionality of Adblock Plus to those annoying pop-up windows that open on mouse clicks and other user actions.

Forum; Adblock Plus Homepage {web link}