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It sounds like you hit by a malicious javascript. Use Firefox on both computer and install the Noscript security suite add on to protect yourself. It disables all javascripts and allows you only enable the one you need on sites you trust. You should avoid enabling third party scripts where possible.

For a search Engine, I used to recommend startpage.com as they respect your privacy and use Google but it looks like Google may be messing with results returned to it based on my entirely unscientific experiments. Now I recommend duckduckgo.com

Thanks Elija for your reply - I note the search engine you recommend - I think duckduckgo is used in the Midori web browser?
Do you have any opinion on  'Bing' as a search engine?  I have found it to be fine, and hopefully is safer than Google...

Regards
Mike

(09-21-2014, 08:28 AM)m654321 link Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks Elija for your reply - I note the search engine you recommend - I think duckduckgo is used in the Midori web browser?
Do you have any opinion on  'Bing' as a search engine?  I have found it to be fine, and hopefully is safer than Google...

Regards
Mike

I can't say I've ever used it but I believe it is by Microsoft so don't imagine it would respect your privacy much more than Google does.