Is Etsy redirecting bookmark links back to their homepage and/or email coupon on PC?

In the past couple weeks I notice my quick bookmarked link I have that should go directly to my dashboard will load for a split second and then change, not showing my dashboard as a landing page, but instead Etsy's homepage. I double checked the link is still the same address in the bookmark to my dashboard directly. It does this about twice a day or if I restart my browser. Same with my quick bookmark for my shop link, it redirects it to the Etsy homepage and looks like the /au homepage. Then coming into here just now, on the help page and forum, same thing, redirects me to their homepage. Is Etsy doing some sort of new marketing push? Trying to get sellers to shop and buy? I worry it's a virus or spam on my computer. I made sure I didn't have any extensions loaded to cause this. Not sure if it's doing this on mobile devices. Is anyone else having this happen, particularly on a PC? 

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Re: Is Etsy redirecting bookmark links back to their homepage and/or email coupon on PC?

Not happening to me and I load my dashboard via browser bookmark every day. This sound more like a cookie corruption or perhaps some malware/adware issue.

Try running a program that detects those and fixes them

Can't link in the forums but here's some:
Malwarebytes
CCCleaner

Both have free versions. I only use them every few months since I no longer use social media (FB, IG, etc) other than to promote and don't get a bunch a crap in my browser from them. Before that I used them every week.

Maybe someone else has been having your issue and will be a whole lot more helpful.

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Re: Is Etsy redirecting bookmark links back to their homepage and/or email coupon on PC?

I tried scanning and checking it all with Norton for malware and it still does it. If anything now more often. I will try the two you recommended, maybe they'll catch it. Thank you. 

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Re: Is Etsy redirecting bookmark links back to their homepage and/or email coupon on PC?

Ok, I used both you suggested and still get it on all the links when I first click on them. The link address changes to all kinds of domains at first and then ends up at Etsy homepage or a coupon for Etsy, which I know better to know click on or sign up for.

So frustrating. Thanks for the ideas though, it helped with other things

I do believe it's some malware or phishing type thing. If I figure it out, I'll let you know and update this. 

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