Read here
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=remove+firefox+browser+hijacks
and here
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/933048
and here
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939515

Thanks. Resetting FF works like charm.

I'm not having this issue under FF at all.

Glad you got it sorted out however 😀

Well I'm just disgusted by the fact that (corporate-bribed) lawmakers are busy writing SOPA, PIPA, etc, but nobody writes the laws against phishing sites, browser-hijacking sites, malware sites, download sites with trojan downloader, spam sites, etc. In fact, when it goes to spam, they have made it legal by the CAN SPAM act. What a fitting name, by the way.

Makes me wonder what basis they're using to write laws these days.

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profits

Joey_sw wrote:

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profits

Exactly, this is why, but I also see your point of why there isn't more emphasis placed on protecting consumers.

But I'm sure it's due to getting in the way of corporate greed and profits 🙁

BigBodZod wrote:

Joey_sw wrote:

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profits

Exactly, this is why, but I also see your point of why there isn't more emphasis placed on protecting consumers.

But I'm sure it's due to getting in the way of corporate greed and profits 🙁

Makes me wonder: have we changed that much?

In the dark ages, law was written to protect the nobles and screw the peasants. In the modern age, law seems to be written to protect the corporations and screw the consumers. Consider the CAN SPAM Act (what a fitting name), the DMCA, the Lex Karpela law that punishes copyright infringement perperators worse than rapist.

Where's the law against browser hijacker? Against malware/trojan creators? Against email spammers?

Either we haven't changed that much, or I have to change my avatar into the following comicbook superhero. Behold, your friendly neighborhood "commie" archer! 😉

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

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BigBodZod wrote:

Joey_sw wrote:

^
profits

Exactly, this is why, but I also see your point of why there isn't more emphasis placed on protecting consumers.

But I'm sure it's due to getting in the way of corporate greed and profits 🙁

Makes me wonder: have we changed that much?

In the dark ages, law was written to protect the nobles and screw the peasants. In the modern age, law seems to be written to protect the corporations and screw the consumers. Consider the CAN SPAM Act (what a fitting name), the DMCA, the Lex Karpela law that punishes copyright infringement perperators worse than rapist.

Where's the law against browser hijacker? Against malware/trojan creators? Against email spammers?

Either we haven't changed that much, or I have to change my avatar into the following comicbook superhero. Behold, your friendly neighborhood "commie" archer! 😉

Nice Green Arrow reference 😀

As for HUMAN's well, no as a species we have not changed in many ways and have in others.

To tell you the truth I really think things like greed will always be a part of human nature, be it wealth and/or power it seems these go hand in hand.

However in some ways it's amazing that as a species we have lived this long due to some of these traits.