Firefox links go to a completely different site occasionally.

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I can be browsing, all is fine, then I click a link and the page will take ages to load and I will be sent to the original address but with "instantfwding" in front of the original address.

Now I keep getting asked to fill in captchas repeatedly on the same site with a suggestion I check for viruses.

I have a rooted android 4.4.2. I have run Kaspersky, avast, malware bytes, I did a factory reset, deleted browsing history, Un installed Firefox, etc, and nothing has changed.

What to do now?
 

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