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why do new tabs keep opening up when I click on a page

cdeej112
cdeej112
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Everytime I am in a session within the browser, and click on something, popups occur, and instead of a regular pop-up it opens up several tabs. How do I stop pop ups from occuring, it doesn't have anything to do with the page I am on and is usually tabs from ads or spam. Thanks.

Everytime I am in a session within the browser, and click on something, popups occur, and instead of a regular pop-up it opens up several tabs. How do I stop pop ups from occuring, it doesn't have anything to do with the page I am on and is usually tabs from ads or spam. Thanks.

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Diego Victor
Diego Victor
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Hello,

Try use an addon to block popup/ads: