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Why does the pop-up blocker not work?

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I have the pop-up blocked turned on and I still receive pop-ups. I make it point to not purchase items or use products or services that show up as a pop-up on a web page. I also have flash shut off to prevent those as well. what can we do to stop these annoying things?

I have the pop-up blocked turned on and I still receive pop-ups. I make it point to not purchase items or use products or services that show up as a pop-up on a web page. I also have flash shut off to prevent those as well. what can we do to stop these annoying things?

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Adblock Plus {web link} Blocks annoying video ads on YouTube, Facebook ads, banners and much more. Adblock Plus blocks all annoying ads, and supports websites by not blocking unobtrusive ads by default (configurable).

Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon {web link} Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon extends the blocking functionality of Adblock Plus to those annoying pop-up windows that open on mouse clicks and other user actions.

Forum; Adblock Plus Homepage {web link}