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Why am I getting a lot of popups and advertising I never did before and all of a sudden I am Help Help

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I keep getting a message that I have to update my video player with a FLv player. A window also pops up that says that Foxfire has prevented this ad from appearing . It's driving me nuts as I've never had this problem before Thank you Ruth Bealer

I keep getting a message that I have to update my video player with a FLv player. A window also pops up that says that Foxfire has prevented this ad from appearing . It's driving me nuts as I've never had this problem before Thank you Ruth Bealer

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hello ruth, this sounds like a problem possibly caused by adware on your pc. please go to firefox > addons > extensions & remove any suspicious entries (toolbars, things that you have not installed intentionally, don't know what purpose they serve, etc). also go to the windows control panel / programs and remove all toolbars or potentially unwanted software from there and 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.

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hello ruth, this sounds like a problem possibly caused by adware on your pc. please go to firefox > addons > extensions & remove any suspicious entries (toolbars, things that you have not installed intentionally, don't know what purpose they serve, etc). also go to the windows control panel / programs and remove all toolbars or potentially unwanted software from there and 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.

Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

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The problem seems to be taken care of at this time. I will check it out more a little later. Hopefully this was it Thanks so much

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Is FLV part of Mozilla or Firefox? My computer says it is dangerous to add this program, but every time I open Firefox I get a message to download FLV

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Helen