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This website http://partners.livingsocial.com/ is harrassing me. How do I stop them??

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It acts like a popup window, opening up a new window. I see no way to enter it into a blocking site so that it is not permitted to access my computer. Please help me to block it to it is not irritating my FireFox computer experience.

This is a formal official complaint against this website.

Thanks

It acts like a popup window, opening up a new window. I see no way to enter it into a blocking site so that it is not permitted to access my computer. Please help me to block it to it is not irritating my FireFox computer experience. This is a formal official complaint against this website. Thanks

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Do a malware check with some malware scan programs.
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.

See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and What to do when searches take you to the wrong search website


There are other things that need attention:

  • Firefox/3.6.12 NET_mmhpset

You have or had an extension installed (NET_mmhpset) that has changed the user agent from Firefox/3.6.13 to Firefox/3.6.12.

You can check the general.useragent prefs on the about:config page.
You can open the about:config page via the location bar, just like you open a website.
Filter: general.useragent
If general.useragent prefs are bold (user set) then you can right-click that pref and choose Reset.

See:


Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.

  • Java Plug-in 1.6.0_13 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)

Update the Java plugin to the latest version.

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I eliminated this problem when I stopped using live weatherbug. Weatherbug uses their own browser and there is no way to stop popups when their browser is running. I deleted their software and now get my live weather from other sourses.