Ian wrote:
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> Last day or so, if I click a link in an email, then instead of=20
> opening a new tab in the running instance of Firefox, it opens a Firefox=20=

> window, loads the destination URL in first tab, then tries to fill 3 more t=
abs with adverts.

* Is this a specific link, or any link?
* Can you share the link?
* Is this in a text (part) or html email?

> This does not happen if I copy the URL and paste it in the location bar in =
Firefox.

* Do you mean copy from the url bar in firefox, from the email, or, in case=20=

it is from an html email, by right-clicking the link and copying the url.
* If it is an html mail, can you share both the visible link (text) and the=20=

underlying url? (Perhaps even the entire contents of the anchor <a>=E2=80=A6<=
/a>.)

> Which implies it is something happening BEFORE it gets to=20
> Firefox.... either in Kmail or somewhere between the two.

If it is an html mail and you click that link, it may be that it=20
specificies a =E2=80=98_blank=E2=80=99 target, which could lead to the deskto=
p/Firefox=20
opening a new window. That depends on Firefox settings.

> Has anyone else experienced this?

Not me.

> Hope my system has not been compromised somehow ...

There are still other explanations possible: link in html mail that=20
specifies a _blank target, with an underlying url that goes to a page that=20=

opens multiple tabs, including the one you want.


Best,

Erik