Why a unwanted ads tab load at startup?

I use two homepages - BBC News and weather from the Met Office. These used to be the only two tabs that loading at the beginning: now a third tab opens, which is pure advertising. The first announcement on the additional tab is currently bookmakers William Hill.

I ran a complete virus check (Windows Defender), but nothing showed up. My system is Windows 8.1.

Any help received with gratitude, thank you!

Hello

Check the home page options to ensure that nothing of herself added at the end of your home pages:

  • Tools (or

    ) > Options > general

Also check your list of extensions to make sure nothing suspicious is here:

  • Tools (or

    ) > Addons > Extensions

It can also be a good idea to scan with other anti-malware as tools each have their own algorithms to find applications and malicious files. Free tools that can run with Windows Defender without any problem (as long as you are not their real time protection, which is in the paid version only in any case) are the following:

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