adobe flash plugin causes ads/popups on youtube
Recently I have noticed that after installing adobe flash player plugin I get ads that comes frequently when viewing youtube. I little ad that says "ads not by this site" and a little timer... I also other flash ads.
It has been reported that adobe flash player does cause this problem. Removing it removes the problem but I then cannot play youtube videos. Is anyone else having this problem? I have adblock plus but it has not done anything.
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hello, could you go to firefox > 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...
Application Basics
Name
Firefox
Version
23.0.1
User Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
Adblock Plus
2.3.2
true
{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
DownloadHelper
4.9.17
true
{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}
Easy YouTube Video Downloader
7.0
true
{c0c9a2c7-2e5c-4447-bc53-97718bc91e1b}
Fox To Phone
1.2.4
true
sendtophone@martinezdelizarrondo.com
Freecorder
7.0.0.13
true
addon@freecorder.com
Session Manager
0.8.0.8
true
{1280606b-2510-4fe0-97ef-9b5a22eafe30}
User Agent Switcher
0.7.3
true
{e968fc70-8f95-4ab9-9e79-304de2a71ee1}
Youtube MP3 Podcaster
2.9.0
true
youtubemp3podcaster@jeremy.d.gregorio.com
Browser Manager
2.3.787.43
false
{b64982b1-d112-42b5-b1e4-d3867c4533f8}
Homepage Print 2
1.0.0
false
HomePagePrint2@corpus.co.jp
MP3 Rocket Toolbar
15.49998
false
toolbar_MP3RV6@apn.ask.com
RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin
14.0.3
false
{ABDE892B-13A8-4d1b-88E6-365A6E755758}
YouTube mp3
1.0.4
false
info@youtube-mp3.org
Important Modified Preferences
Name
Value
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar
0
browser.cache.disk.capacity
358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run
false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max
false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value
358400
browser.newtab.url
about:blank
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
4
browser.search.param.yahoo-fr
chr-greentree_ff&ilc=12&type=407453
browser.search.useDBForOrder
false
browser.startup.homepage
www.yahoo.com
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
20130814063812
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
23.0.1
dom.mozApps.used
true
dom.w3c_touch_events.expose
false
extensions.lastAppVersion
23.0.1
font.internaluseonly.changed
false
gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx
0
gfx.direct3d.prefer_10_1
true
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
places.database.lastMaintenance
1377568767
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
104858
plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types
application/pdf
plugin.importedState
true
plugin.state.java
0
plugins.notifyMissingFlash
false
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
true
security.csp.enable
false
security.OCSP.enabled
0
security.warn_viewing_mixed
false
storage.vacuum.last.index
1
storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite
1375671309
user.js Preferences
Your profile folder contains a
user.js file, which includes preferences that were not created by Firefox.
Graphics
Adapter Description
ATI Radeon HD 4200
Adapter Drivers
aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
Adapter RAM
256
Device ID
0x9710
Direct2D Enabled
true
DirectWrite Enabled
true (6.2.9200.16492)
Driver Date
6-29-2011
Driver Version
8.862.3.0
GPU #2 Active
false
GPU Accelerated Windows
1/1 Direct3D 10
Vendor ID
0x1002
WebGL Renderer
Google Inc. -- ANGLE (ATI Radeon HD 4200 )
AzureCanvasBackend
direct2d
AzureContentBackend
direct2d
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend
cairo
JavaScript
Incremental GC
true
Accessibility
Activated
false
Prevent Accessibility
0
Library Versions
Expected minimum version
Version in use
NSPR
4.10
4.10
NSS
3.15 Basic ECC
3.15 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME
3.15 Basic ECC
3.15 Basic ECC
NSSSSL
3.15 Basic ECC
3.15 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL
3.15
3.15
try to remove or disable the Easy YouTube Video Downloader 7.0 & Freecorder 7.0.0.13 extensions - they might contain adware.
also run a full scan of your system with the security software that you have in place and different other tools like the free version of malwarebytes & adwcleaner to make sure nothing else shady is going on.
Also remove Browser Manager (currently disabled)
Extensions that do not have a "Remove" button are installed by other software and are not under control of the Firefox extension manager.
Such globally installed extensions are usually found via a registry scan or are installed in a location that Firefox scans for installed extensions.
Extensions installed this way need to be removed via the settings (options/preferences) of the program that has added this extension or you need to uninstall this program via the Control Panel.
In Firefox you an only disable such an extension.
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