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adobe flash plugin causes ads/popups on youtube

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Recently I have noticed that after installing adobe flash player plugin I get ads that comes frequently when viewing youtube. I little ad that says "ads not by this site" and a little timer... I also other flash ads.

It has been reported that adobe flash player does cause this problem. Removing it removes the problem but I then cannot play youtube videos. Is anyone else having this problem? I have adblock plus but it has not done anything.

Recently I have noticed that after installing adobe flash player plugin I get ads that comes frequently when viewing youtube. I little ad that says "ads not by this site" and a little timer... I also other flash ads. It has been reported that adobe flash player does cause this problem. Removing it removes the problem but I then cannot play youtube videos. Is anyone else having this problem? I have adblock plus but it has not done anything.

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hello, could you go to firefox > help > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this might give us a clue what is going on...

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Application Basics

       Name
       Firefox
       Version
       23.0.1
       User Agent
       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0
       Build Configuration
         about:buildconfig
 Extensions
       Name
       Version
       Enabled
       ID
       Adblock Plus
       2.3.2
       true
       {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
       DownloadHelper
       4.9.17
       true
       {b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}
       Easy YouTube Video Downloader
       7.0
       true
       {c0c9a2c7-2e5c-4447-bc53-97718bc91e1b}
       Fox To Phone
       1.2.4
       true
       sendtophone@martinezdelizarrondo.com
       Freecorder
       7.0.0.13
       true
       addon@freecorder.com
       Session Manager
       0.8.0.8
       true
       {1280606b-2510-4fe0-97ef-9b5a22eafe30}
       User Agent Switcher
       0.7.3
       true
       {e968fc70-8f95-4ab9-9e79-304de2a71ee1}
       Youtube MP3 Podcaster
       2.9.0
       true
       youtubemp3podcaster@jeremy.d.gregorio.com
       Browser Manager
       2.3.787.43
       false
       {b64982b1-d112-42b5-b1e4-d3867c4533f8}
       Homepage Print 2
       1.0.0
       false
       HomePagePrint2@corpus.co.jp
       MP3 Rocket Toolbar
       15.49998
       false
       toolbar_MP3RV6@apn.ask.com
       RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin
       14.0.3
       false
       {ABDE892B-13A8-4d1b-88E6-365A6E755758}
       YouTube mp3
       1.0.4
       false
       info@youtube-mp3.org
 Important Modified Preferences
     Name
     Value
       accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar
       0
       browser.cache.disk.capacity
       358400
       browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run
       false
       browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max
       false
       browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value
       358400
       browser.newtab.url
       about:blank
       browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
       4
       browser.search.param.yahoo-fr
       chr-greentree_ff&ilc=12&type=407453
       browser.search.useDBForOrder
       false
       browser.startup.homepage
       www.yahoo.com
       browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
       20130814063812
       browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
       23.0.1
       dom.mozApps.used
       true
       dom.w3c_touch_events.expose
       false
       extensions.lastAppVersion
       23.0.1
       font.internaluseonly.changed
       false
       gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx
       0
       gfx.direct3d.prefer_10_1
       true
       network.cookie.prefsMigrated
       true
       places.database.lastMaintenance
       1377568767
       places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
       104858
       plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types
       application/pdf
       plugin.importedState
       true
       plugin.state.java
       0
       plugins.notifyMissingFlash
       false
       privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
       true
       security.csp.enable
       false
       security.OCSP.enabled
       0
       security.warn_viewing_mixed
       false
       storage.vacuum.last.index
       1
       storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite
       1375671309
   user.js Preferences
   Your profile folder contains a
     user.js file, which includes preferences that were not created by Firefox.
 Graphics
       Adapter Description
       ATI Radeon HD 4200
       Adapter Drivers
       aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
       Adapter RAM
       256
       Device ID
       0x9710
       Direct2D Enabled
       true
       DirectWrite Enabled
       true (6.2.9200.16492)
       Driver Date
       6-29-2011
       Driver Version
       8.862.3.0
       GPU #2 Active
       false
       GPU Accelerated Windows
       1/1 Direct3D 10
       Vendor ID
       0x1002
       WebGL Renderer
       Google Inc. -- ANGLE (ATI Radeon HD 4200 )
       AzureCanvasBackend
       direct2d
       AzureContentBackend
       direct2d
       AzureFallbackCanvasBackend
       cairo
 JavaScript
       Incremental GC
       true
 Accessibility
       Activated
       false
       Prevent Accessibility
       0
 Library Versions
       Expected minimum version
       Version in use
       NSPR
       4.10
       4.10
       NSS
       3.15 Basic ECC
       3.15 Basic ECC
       NSSSMIME
       3.15 Basic ECC
       3.15 Basic ECC
       NSSSSL
       3.15 Basic ECC
       3.15 Basic ECC
       NSSUTIL
       3.15
       3.15
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try to remove or disable the Easy YouTube Video Downloader 7.0 & Freecorder 7.0.0.13 extensions - they might contain adware.

also run a full scan of your system with the security software that you have in place and different other tools like the free version of malwarebytes & adwcleaner to make sure nothing else shady is going on.

Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

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Also remove Browser Manager (currently disabled)

Extensions that do not have a "Remove" button are installed by other software and are not under control of the Firefox extension manager.
Such globally installed extensions are usually found via a registry scan or are installed in a location that Firefox scans for installed extensions.

Extensions installed this way need to be removed via the settings (options/preferences) of the program that has added this extension or you need to uninstall this program via the Control Panel.
In Firefox you an only disable such an extension.


Modified by cor-el