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how do i get ads off opening page driver update

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irenehudson
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i have a ad when my browser opens i cant get it off it opens no matter what i do i dont want xp drivers i run 8.1 windows

i have a ad when my browser opens i cant get it off it opens no matter what i do i dont want xp drivers i run 8.1 windows

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James
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If you are indeed using Firefox 48.0 on Windows 8.1 then you may be running Firefox in Windows XP compatibility mode.

In your More system details on right of post the NT 5.1 is WinXP. User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; WOW64; rv:48.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/48.0

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15078/windows-make-older-programs-compatible

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