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Lee May 09, 2013 16:43

each time I click a link it pops open a new new tab for an ad that I didn't click

If I click on any link or button, for example an enter button in a form, a new tab opens for an ad that did not show on the previous page or anywhere near the think I clicked. Only started doing this after i installed ghostery.
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    Pete (Senior Communications Manager) May 09, 2013 18:39
    Hi Lee,

    Thanks for downloading Ghostery!

    Can you send me an example? also.. Which browser are you uisng?
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  • Lee May 11, 2013 17:00
    Hi Pete-

    I have used Firefox for about 7 years. No issues...

    The only way to describe it is:
    I go to a page..
    Click a link (or close to it) or enter or any other button that would take me to what I expect..
    BUT instead it opens a new tab to an advertisement site (quibids, P&G, many other random ads) - a few of them I blacklisted with Firefox but several I can't because I would actually use them when I need to.
    When I go back to the original site and click the same link and click it again it works as intended.
    This happens across all sites that I am on...
    It is like there is a hidden link within the one I am clicking on.
    I have pop ups blocked in my browser but this gets around it somehow.

    Also I see that some sites do not work correctly. If I click on a picture, or something that I want to expand it is as if I am doing nothing at all because it won't complete the action, the functionality is broken.
    I have white listed a couple sites but this is random and if I whitelist everything I come across then it opens me back to what I am trying to avoid..

    Thanks in advance for your help!
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    • Felix Shnir May 13, 2013 03:53
      Lee, you may be suffering some kind of malware. Have you tried checking you computer for viruses? Also, what other addons do you have installed?
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    • Lee May 14, 2013 14:13
      I have done several virus checks - it shows nothing no matter which one I use or how deep I look. Ghostery is the only add on I chose. I have Norton toolbar too. But I have had that for years. Now I have Blocksite to try to stop some of these pop ups but as soon as I block a few there are new ones.
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  • Sojiro84 March 06, 2014 11:52
    I hope that it is Ok for me to place a message here as well. I have somewhat the same problem as the OP but in this case it isn't malware related.

    My problem has to do with http://pirateproxy.net/

    When you search for a file and you sort on seeders, the moment you click on the sort option it pop-ups a ad and sorts by seeders. This is how that website is designed.

    Some kind of clickjacking I assume.

    I want to put a request here for Ghostery to also tackle that annoying ad mechanism.
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