Why do I keep getting adware and popups on Firefox? I do not get them on Chrome.
It seems that for the past two weeks whenever I attempt to access my yahoo mail account I get a popup, or several of them. When I go to other sites like runnercard.com I get the popup issue also. I do not have these issues when using Chrome. In the past I have always liked the more secure feeling I had when using Firefox but that does not seem to hold true now.
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hello,
The solution:A. Make sure you have pop-up blocking enabled. [ Tools | Options | Web-features | Block popup windows ]
B. GetAdblock and import the G.Filterset, to suppress advertising pop-ups the blocker considers wanted.
C. To block pop-ups from plugins (such as Flash) type about:config in the location bar; right-click anywhere in the page and choose New>Integer; type privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins and press Ok; type 2 and press Ok [You can choose anything between 0 and 2; 0: open allowed 1: the opened windows are treated as popups, but they're allowed to open (we limit the number of these types of popups) 2: the window is a popup, block it]
D.a. Check for spyware. Download and install Spybot and/or Ad-aware, update them and scan your computer. D.b. Getting the Aurora popup? Read this.
E. If the pop-ups have the title «Messenger Service», disable the Windows messenger service (not MSN). feel free to ask if it didn't work
best regards
Glaurung