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New Context sensitive advertisments

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jason139
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I have popup blocker enabled.

I am now getting these popup ads from sites I visit.

I have spent 2 hours so far trying to turn this off.

This is driving me mental.

The reason I use firefox is to NOT GET ADS

Especially popup ones that give themselves priority over whatever else is on the screen.

I cannot find a setting to disable this. It's a new thing last few months.

Look forward to a solution or I'll fix it myself by uninstalling firefox.

I have popup blocker enabled. I am now getting these popup ads from sites I visit. I have spent 2 hours so far trying to turn this off. This is driving me mental. The reason I use firefox is to NOT GET ADS Especially popup ones that give themselves priority over whatever else is on the screen. I cannot find a setting to disable this. It's a new thing last few months. Look forward to a solution or I'll fix it myself by uninstalling firefox.
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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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See Web Push notifications in Firefox. You can block all permissions granted up today, and disable new requests asking to allow notifications.

cor-el
cor-el
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You can check for recently installed suspicious or unknown extensions.

Start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration or if userChrome.css/userContent.css is causing the problem.

  • switch to the Default System theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Troubleshoot Mode start window