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Firefox browser stops other site pop ups but gives me constant pop ups of their own and they are often viruses that my anti virus blocks-how do I stop this?

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Firefox is very good at blocking other site pop ups but gives me constant pop us of their own. These are often blocked by my antivirus as a virus or malware. I need a straight answer because if I can't stop it I'll simply uninstall.

Firefox is very good at blocking other site pop ups but gives me constant pop us of their own. These are often blocked by my antivirus as a virus or malware. I need a straight answer because if I can't stop it I'll simply uninstall.

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hello, could you go to the firefox menu ≡ > 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...