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Help: Facebook phishing site? Opens tons of tabs on start up

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ckal9
May 20, 2013, 4:09 PM UTC
Hey everyone, I'm hoping I can get some help because I cannot get this resolved after trying many things.

Just yesterday I noticed that when I wake my computer up from sleep mode, or just restart or boot up my computer, my google chrome opens 10-20 tabs attempting to reach Facebook links. Here are a couple examples:


htt ps://fbcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hpho ... ?529354585

ht tps://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hp ... ?509812954

I have run malware bytes and norton anti virus to no avail, I have cleared cookies, changed Facebook passwords, rolled back my computer a day, and went to msconfig and disabled a facebook updater on start up.

I really have no idea what to do, and google searches bring back nothing. I saw one other post on the mozilla firefox support forums with the problem I have, but the answer was just go to a spyware or malware forum for help.

Please help. Thank you.
Cypher Admin/Teacher
May 20, 2013, 5:04 PM UTC
Posting at multiple forums

You have requested help with this problem at another forum:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/495200/help-facebook-phishing-site-opens-tons-of-tabs-on-start-up/

May I draw your attention to the ALL USERS OF THIS FORUM MUST READ THIS FIRST topic, which you should have read before posting for help.
See the section here where we tell you why this is not a good idea.

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