547886 - browser opens up with multiple tabs leading no where and strange urls

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[nacho]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6

i thought it was a malware or spyware but i've done many many scans already and nothing seems to change it, i've removed all files of the firefox program (including the one on the program file, restarted the system, and problem continues. hijackthis does not help it. help! these are the url addresses that appear on the tabs. 

file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/

http://%C2%B3%C3%89j%C2%BA%14*%1A%C3%BEE%C3%90%01I%C2%B9%C2%AD@xn--*t34p2-hwa6fyjk105a/

http://www.prtx÷Î&mht7sfgsÔ.com/#%C2%A9%1AL%C3%88%C3%94E%C3%BD

http://xn--ccx -ika53cpark270el28i1nb/

http://xn--7x0b eyo m-5hbfe75bm24awc/%C3%AF)%C3%97

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open up the browser
2.another window opens by it self and multiple tabs open leading no where.
3.
Actual Results:  
nothing

Expected Results:  
i want this to stop

Comment 1

[Brandon Sterne (:bsterne)]

This is definitely a symptom of malware on your system.  You'll want to run additional tools to scan for and remove malware if your current anti-virus or similar product isn't finding anything.  Have you tried Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool?

The only reason to leave this bug open is if you think Firefox was the source of the infection.  Do you have any reason to believe this is the case?  Do you remember what you were doing immediately before this behavior started?