Firefox And Popups

[Steve-O]

Ok, I installed the Firefox Popup blocker extension, BUT Popups are still appearing... The Popup blocker is enabled... anyone else get this problem ?

 

[Klown]

Spyware.

 

[aapje89]

you must first add the popups to the blocklist.

 

[Mark]

you must first add the popups to the blocklist.

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I don't think you do, do you?

And yeah, Klown's right.

 

[Steve-O]

I have no spyware (Scanned with the new Adaware and Spy Bot )


And its a pritty shit popup blocker if you have to add the popup links yourself , so its not that....

 

[c0ncept]

The new adaware found FIFTY SEVEN different spywares on my computer, the old one hadn't detected a single one of them.

 

[Jekyll]

???
you don't need an extension for popup-blocking in FF 1.0
activate it in the preferences (in 'web features')

 

[DemonStar55]

the microsoft antispyware is pretty good too

EDIT: Try doing a full system scan too might help

 

[Axeman]

One word...

MAC




Nah - seriously, it could well be spyware, though I found that it generally brought up IE rather than Firefox windows...

 

[yaustar]

I thinking of spyware as well.. use spyware blaster which is a nice preventer of spyware..

 

[DemonStar55]

when i had Firefox i never got pop up even w/out the plug ins

 

[killbarney]

Yeh I've got Firefox and occaisonally I get popups too. i've also scanned for spyware but it couldn't find any. (maybe I need a newer spyware finder though) :blink:

 

[finty]

Pop-up advertisers have found a way around all pop up blockers, expect an update soon.

 

[trooper]

One word.

OPERA

Trooper

 

[mattbakse]

damn straight Opera. i get no pop ups, no spyware, no infected cookies (i have it set to delete them when i close opera). the only times i get spyware is when i use IE.

 

[toxibunny]

i've never had a single popup in firefox, firefox popup blocker is enabled by default. i'd go along with klown and say you've got spyware.

 

[spray]

it may be worth trying a few different virus scanners etc

i'm currently running Network Associates VirusScan and run AdAware every couple of weeks yet Avast! found a trojan or some such during a boot scan yesterday!

 

[Klown]

Pop-up advertisers have found a way around all pop up blockers, expect an update soon.

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^^ What he said.

 

[bringoutthegimp]

i dunno firefox blocks all the pop ups and i didnt even install an extension, why not uninstall the extension....maybe its interfering with firefox's default pop up blocker

 

[White Demon]

I must agree with others here, one of the main reasons I got Firefox was it's ability to block pop-ups by default. And I've never had one unless I tell Firefox to allow it.