How do I stop these poppy up things?

Hi Everyone,


Well I have done something, but I'm not sure what. Every time I click on a website or email I get this page /pop up thing to read instead of just the website page. It seems to change the format of everything. Can anyone tell me what I've done and how to get rid of it please, it takes me twice as long to do what I wasn't and I've also noticed that sometimes it freezes onto this page and I can't get back to the website.


Many thanks in advance

PS this is just an example from a website.




iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Oct 17, 2021 12:56 PM

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Oct 17, 2021 2:51 PM in response to technophobe2021

Strange indeed...


Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…

https://pastebin.com/

Whew, they've changed pastebin & made it harder, but after pasting in, click Create new paste button, then Embed button, then copy the URL...

<script src="https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA"></script>


The important part of the above is between the quote marks...


https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA


If pastebin is a problem for you then workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

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How do I stop these poppy up things?

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