Unwanted Finder Window Pop Out When Safari New Tab is Clicked

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Unwanted Finder Window Pop Out When Safari New Tab is Clicked

Recently I have faced a problem with my Safari browser. Here are the details. Appreciate your opinion and assistance. Thanks!

1. Open Safari

2. From Safari, clicked on new tab

3. Suddenly a new Finder window pops out

4. This step repeats every time a new tab is clicked.

5. Have reset all items in Safari, problem keeps repeating

6. This problem is recent, started yesterday.

7. Updated OS regularly when system update is available.

8. VOS ersion: 10.8.4

9. Safari version: 6.0.5

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iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Sep 9, 2013 9:26 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 9, 2013 9:41 PM in response to walkin_ez

Try troubleshooting extensions and third party plug-ins.

From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that off if there are any installed. Quit and relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, turn extensions back on then uninstall one a time to test.

If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.

Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow all other plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.

If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here.

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Answer 2

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Sep 10, 2013 4:06 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Hi Carolyn,

I have performed all instructed, Extention Tab off and Deselect plug-ins.

The problem still persits.

However, I found out that the homepage section in general preference were changed from blank to "file:///".

After removing that, there is no problem.

I am still suspicious on how it got there. Could it be possible that I was hacked?

Anyway thanks for your help.

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