How to turn off annoying ad sound/music on firefox whenever I open a website
Hello I was hoping that I could get help with ad music that play whenever I open a new webside. It happens if I want to open a new website after being on the previous website after about a minute. I identify the source, I believe thanks to internet download manager at: http://newlotto.pch.com/images/games/113/201408_progressive_daytime_package/sounds/lc_corkpop.mp3. I am no longer subscribed to publishers clearing house btw and I tried many solutions here such as the adblock and I did the trick, "about:config" & "plugins.click_to_play" And I also did an Anti-Malware scan with no such luck. The good new - if you can call it that is that it only happens whenever I used firefox and not my other browsers. I hope I cane get a solution to this.
Thanks!
Chosen solution
The easy option is to add the site into the exceptions list so that if the problem caused is due to pop-ups, they shall be resolved. If not, then I suggest to you to go ahead and try out resetting firefox by :
- Clicking on Help and then select Trouble Shoot Information
- Then click on Reset Firefox button on right-top corner
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Hello @mustang43,
The problem you're facing is due to permission given to the pop-ups. Blocking all pop-ups disables such features. To allow specific websites to use pop-ups, while blocking all others, you can add specific websites to the list of allowed sites. To do so:
- Click on Tools button and choose Options
- Select the Content panel
- In the Content panel:
Block pop-up windows: Uncheck this to disable the pop-up blocker altogether. Exceptions: You can customise this section by adding new sites or deleting the previous ones which will allow or disable pop-ups.
Note: Although Firefox blocks most pop-ups, some websites may show pop-ups using uncovered methods, even when blocked.
I hope you got the answer to your problems.
Thanks for replying neosp. No luce yet. I can still hear the file, "progressive_daytime_package/sounds/lc_corkpop.mp3" when I open a new window and I don't know where it's coming from. I went to the content panel and unchecked Exceptions and the sit was not listed. Just a few others that I that I decided to get rid of that seems unrelated.
Current Firefox versions can play MP3 files via the built-in HTML5 media player and no longer need s plugin.
Does this file show in the history if you search for it in the History Manager (Library; Show All History) or any other files from that domain (newlotto.pch.com)?
You can check for recently installed suspicious or unknown extensions.
Modified by cor-el
Chosen Solution
The easy option is to add the site into the exceptions list so that if the problem caused is due to pop-ups, they shall be resolved. If not, then I suggest to you to go ahead and try out resetting firefox by :
- Clicking on Help and then select Trouble Shoot Information
- Then click on Reset Firefox button on right-top corner
Thanks, neosp. By resetting firefox, it was enough to get rid of that sound/music. I wish I thought of that sooner. Thanks for replying as well, cor-el. I will keep that in mind. I'm so glad I came here.
Thanks!
I have popups turned off and there are no exceptions. I still get it.