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How do I block pop up windows on TV guide website? Popup blocker is enabled, but I get one every time I do anything on TV Guide page.

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i have the popup blocker enabled in Firefox 5.0 but EVERY time I go to www.tvguide.com/listings I get a popup ad. How can I prevent this annoying popup from appearing?

i have the popup blocker enabled in Firefox 5.0 but EVERY time I go to www.tvguide.com/listings I get a popup ad. How can I prevent this annoying popup from appearing?

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Try Adblock Plus. It stops a lot of ad popups.

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See the "More effective pop-up blocking" section near the end of

You need to install the "Adblock Plus" extension along with subscribing through its options to both "EasyList" and "Fanboys" as both will be needed to handle tvguide.com

In addition some filters you add yourself, that block additional stuff on tvguide.com

I can't get the first of the four items to appear it should be without the spaces

 |http://ad. doubleclick. net/*

Known Adblock Plus subscriptions

You should also install a hosts file on your system which will help with all browsers and applications.


Adblock Plus - Open blockable items list - Ctrl+Shift+V (right click on icon) shows all the urls on a page and if blocked by a filter shows the filter

Adblock Plus can be enabled/disabled at the Status Bar, so you can be more aggressive in what you block compared to a hosts file.

Each filter you install and your own are separate, so they can still be maintained separately, but it only applies to the Firefox profile you install it in.

Modified by David McRitchie