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How do I get rid of advertising extensions?

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sizzle1958
sizzle1958

I get so many advertising popups or my browser page gets redirected saying I need to install updates that I don't need. How can I stop these?

Also, watching videos on YouTube there are a lot of stops and starts.

Can you help me with these problems please?

I get so many advertising popups or my browser page gets redirected saying I need to install updates that I don't need. How can I stop these? Also, watching videos on YouTube there are a lot of stops and starts. Can you help me with these problems please?

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware

sizzle1958
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Thank you very much!