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Why is it that my ABP does not block the advertisements?

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Why is it that my ABP does not block the advertisements?.. because it did not work I removed Firefox.. then downloaded a new one.. which came with a ABP.. I thought it would work but it doesn't work some one suggested some kind of subscription and where to find it but it was not there.. please help me if you can.. I had my fill of the adds that I do not want. thanks for any help Stan.

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Why is it that my ABP does not block the advertisements?.. because it did not work I removed Firefox.. then downloaded a new one.. which came with a ABP.. I thought it would work but it doesn't work some one suggested some kind of subscription and where to find it but it was not there.. please help me if you can.. I had my fill of the adds that I do not want. thanks for any help Stan. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == whithin the last three weeks

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Have you added any blocking filters or a added a filter subscription to AdBlock Plus?

Without filters ABP doesn't block anything. http://adblockplus.org/en/getting_started

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Most likely you are not getting the default filter subscription which recently switched to being hosted over https Here's the related blog which also has the solution: http://adblockplus.org/blog/how-do-users-end-up-with-a-misconfigured-certificate-store