Closed
Bug 359747
Opened 19 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
hijacking internet explorer
Categories
(Firefox :: Migration, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
INCOMPLETE
People
(Reporter: glenn_mcwhirter, Unassigned)
Details
(Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-06-30])
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0
When I open internet explorer and click a favourite my browser changes to Firefox when the site opens. In google in internet explorer every search opens a firefox window with some advertising website such as http://www.mymahjongclub.com/002/.
Is this normal or is it a bug?
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.search in google in internet explorer
2. open a favourite in explorer
3.
Actual Results:
same results
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Comment 1•19 years ago
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could it be because you have firefox as the default browser? try changing the default browser.
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Comment 2•19 years ago
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Having Firefox as the default browser obviously shouldn't make clicking a bookmark in IE open Firefox. My guess is that your computer / account is infected with malware, and the malware's method of showing you unwanted advertisements is to open them in the default browser.
What happens if you set Internet Explorer as your default browser and do the same things?
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Comment 3•15 years ago
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Does this still happen with Firefox 3.6.3 or later?
Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-06-30]
Version: unspecified → 2.0 Branch
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Comment 4•15 years ago
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No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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