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I got the New Firefox an am flodded with a MULTITUDE of POP UP ADS, Do I need to use another browser?

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There is an ad up in this window now that I have closed three times. "Call Computer Support!". Behind this window were 5 windows that I just closed. All from opening Firefox. I just looked behind this window and another one had popped up. Do I need a different browser?

There is an ad up in this window now that I have closed three times. "Call Computer Support!". Behind this window were 5 windows that I just closed. All from opening Firefox. I just looked behind this window and another one had popped up. Do I need a different browser?

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try installing adblock plugins it stops those popups if they are adds here is the link https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ and turn all the three options it will ask after installation hope it helps

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You can check for recently installed suspicious or unknown extensions.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.

Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
All these programs have free versions.

Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.

You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.

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Could you check your download history for where you got Firefox 27? The new version released this week actually is Firefox 28, so it could have been a scam.