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I'm using Firefox 1.0.2 on XP Home here at work. I've noticed for a while now that I occasionally get popup ads when going to Drudgereport. Tools/options/web features has "Block Popup Windows" checked.
I don't want the popups. Any suggestions?
DE
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(ver 1.45.4) i see a pop up once 
and then it's gone forever
http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller/
jonah
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Are you suggesting that this program you mentioned DOES work EVEN with Firefox? I might have to try it
if this is true.
I even have drudgereport.com in my block list in Firefox and still I get a.tribalfusion.com ALL THE TIME when I click on a news story. It is aggravating to say the least, but I suppose old Matt has to pay the rent some way.
Of course I never see it as I right click on the tab in my toolbar and delete, but still, it is pissy.
Forgot to mention that I even have a.tribalfusion.com in my Firefox block list and still it pops up.
This is because the evil pop-up ad coders have figured a way to make the flash
browser plug-in pop-up windows. This annoying behavior can be blocked by
following the instructions on this page:
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007682.html
Haven't tried it myself because so far AdBlock seems to handle this easily. If you do try it I'd be interested in the result.
Looks like they fixed that Flash trick that the popup ad people started using fairly recently. I clicked on Drudge Report several times and didn't get any popups.
DE
AdBlock sometimes doesn't load. Can't access my company webmail address book. I may dump it and go back to 1.0.2.
AdBlock kills the popunders anyway.
Something corrupted with my FF install. Uninstalled 1.0.3, installed 1.0.2. Did System Restore. Reinstalled AdBlock. Still no good. Ran lots of virus/spyware stuff, nothing detected.
I'm guessing there's a file or folder somewhere that needs to be deleted. More investigation today. I hate it when stuff that used to work perfectly suddenly craps out.
Apparently FF 1.0.3 is hosing systems all over. Many posts on the Mozillazine forum about this!
You may want to hold off on this update!
My problems have been with extensions like AdBlock and UBB Code, etc. None of them work anymore. Also I have my office webmail which uses popups for things like address books. That no longer works.
Also it takes forever to open.
I've seen a few proposed fixes that I can try but I think Mozilla needs to issue a fix since a lot of users seem to be experiencing the same thing.
It seemed to work ok on my XP Home machine but I didn't get to use it for very long. Don't have the adblock extension installed on it.
Sounds like there might be a 1.0.4 release soon, if it's causing so much trouble.
DE
....and just deal with it in the meantime rather than employing a "fix" that also impedes normal surfing or has unknown side effects.
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