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why is firefox allowing blocked cookies

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I added a bunch of adware cookies in firefox to be blocked; the very next time after running a scan, I find the same blocked cookies were allowed. Based on this, firefox is not blocking cookies from the blocked list. Why?

I added a bunch of adware cookies in firefox to be blocked; the very next time after running a scan, I find the same blocked cookies were allowed. Based on this, firefox is not blocking cookies from the blocked list. Why?

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Clearing "Site Preferences" clears all cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and password exceptions.