Web browser keeps opening to msn by itself randomly

Anonymous
2018-03-13T12:34:08+00:00

Hi every now and then with no user interaction my default web browser firefox opens to the msn home page (my home page is google)(this also happens if edge is set as the default browser). It is completely random and comes up over whatever I'm currently doing on my computer stopping me in my tracks this is very annoying. I've run anti virus software and its come up clean, I reloaded my operating and it returned after a few weeks and I haven't added new apps or software that may have caused it. The only thing I've found that may be involved is a system restore point automatically created by windows module installer what its for I have no idea, so I tried a restore point prior to that date and the issue seemed to go away but alas it has returned this time there hasn't been a restore point created by anything that might indicate a change. Any ideas on what be triggering my web browser to open to msn?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Internet and connectivity

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-09-04T12:15:59+00:00

    There are some simple and easy solution around which we are overlooking. You see now-a-days we all have multimedia keyboards which contains different key-binding to different programs. Some keys are set to open your default browser some are assigned to volume and some are assigned to open your emails. So at the very beginning we need to check the behavior by removing the multimedia keyboard from computer even the multifunctional Mouse. The cause may arrive from there only. In my case it happened. I removed my keyboard and attached another keyboard and the problem was immediately gone. I took the keyboard and installed at my Father's system to check if the same problem happens to my Father's system, and believe me that problem replicated itself there in my Father's computer.  So I am confirmed that the issue was causing for a faultier keyboard.

    So try to do the same as I did. Check if the problem remain same or not.

    Thanks

    LASMOND

    Interesting.

    What would you suggest to test with a laptop? 

    This behavior occurs with 3 different setups for me: Laptop, Normal computer (old ibm keyboard, it doesn't even have windows key!) and a very new expansive computer with a very new keyboard with leds .

    Only common thing between them is Windows 10.

    This solution doesn't suite the problem.

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  4. Greg Carmack 24,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-03-17T07:42:34+00:00

    I explained it is likely a browser hijacker.  Now if you'll go back and complete the steps I gave you then it will probably fix it.  It would have been done an hour ago if you'd cooperated. 

    Good luck.

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