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How do I fix the popups issue I am having?

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I have tried everything to fix the popups issue I'm having. I have the block pop up windows box checked in privacy and security options and I have no exceptions listed. I have done several full system scans that have turned up no malicious software in my system. I have also tried using a couple other browsers and they are not having any issues with popups. I have also tried using several different popup blockers from the addons section to no avail. Something that may help to solve this is it's always the same 2 popups. I am at my wit's end. I have been using firefox for a very long time and I love everything about it but if I cannot get this issue solved I will simply have to change to a different browser which would be very disappointing. Please help!

I have tried everything to fix the popups issue I'm having. I have the block pop up windows box checked in privacy and security options and I have no exceptions listed. I have done several full system scans that have turned up no malicious software in my system. I have also tried using a couple other browsers and they are not having any issues with popups. I have also tried using several different popup blockers from the addons section to no avail. Something that may help to solve this is it's always the same 2 popups. I am at my wit's end. I have been using firefox for a very long time and I love everything about it but if I cannot get this issue solved I will simply have to change to a different browser which would be very disappointing. Please help!

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You can remove all data stored in Firefox from a specific domain via "Forget About This Site" in the right-click context menu of an history entry ("History -> Show All History" or "View -> Sidebar -> History").

Using "Forget About This Site" will remove all data stored in Firefox from this domain like history and cookies and passwords and exceptions and cache, so be cautious. If you have a password or other data from that domain that you do not want to lose then make sure to backup this data or make a note.

You can't recover from this 'forget' unless you have a backup of involved files.

If you revisit a 'forgotten' website then data from that website will be saved once again.

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Hi, if having pop-up issues and other browsers are not and you have scanned with https://www.malwarebytes.com/ & https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ And cleaned your cache and cleared your cookies, removed anything under Permissions.

And tried this  :

Save your Report and google each before deleting anything as do not want to delete something you need, and talked to the pros :

Uninstall any Bittorrent apps, uninstall cracked programs and delete cracks then Post in only 1 forum, then wait.

Refresh but Note that this does more than uninstalling and re-installing does. Normal uninstalling does not remove some preferences which may have become corrupt. Please Refresh but do this 1st:

then

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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Type about:support in the address bar and press Enter. Under the main banner, press the button; Copy Text To Clipboard.. Now in the Reply Box on the forum page, do a right-click in the box and select Paste.

This will show us your system details. No Personal Information Is Collected.

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Nokken64 said

I have also tried using several different popup blockers from the addons section to no avail. Something that may help to solve this is it's always the same 2 popups.

The Popup related extensions on addons.mozilla.org are not popup blockers but just add features to or works with the popup blocker built in Firefox.

What two same popups are you getting? as you did not state any details about them.

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Hi, try disabling or remove any ad-blocker you are using (3-bar menu > Add-ons > Extensions), and install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin

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Nokken64 said

Something that may help to solve this is it's always the same 2 popups.

Could you possibly provide a screenshot of those two pop-ups  ?

If you need help to create a screenshot, please see :

How do I create a screenshot of my problem?

Once you've done this, attach the saved screenshot file to your forum post by clicking the Browse... button below the Post your reply box.

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As you can see there are 2 popup tabs that are identical, they are always these same 2. This may have come from adultfriendfinder.com as I was a member of that webiste for a couple months, but I can't be sure. However, it was some time ago that I canceled it and this only started about a month ago.

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A way out of a trap page is to (force it if needed) Close Firefox. Wait about 20 seconds for Firefox to finish closing. Right-click on the Firefox icon and select Open New Window. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sometimes this works. If it opens, close it by Menu > File > Exit. This will flush out that web page from the Session Store.

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FredMcD said

A way out of a trap page is to (force it if needed) Close Firefox. Wait about 20 seconds for Firefox to finish closing. Right-click on the Firefox icon and select Open New Window. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sometimes this works. If it opens, close it by Menu > File > Exit. This will flush out that web page from the Session Store.

It doesn't seem to be a trap page. I can easily close it and it generally won't come back during the same internet session.

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You can remove all data stored in Firefox from a specific domain via "Forget About This Site" in the right-click context menu of an history entry ("History -> Show All History" or "View -> Sidebar -> History").

Using "Forget About This Site" will remove all data stored in Firefox from this domain like history and cookies and passwords and exceptions and cache, so be cautious. If you have a password or other data from that domain that you do not want to lose then make sure to backup this data or make a note.

You can't recover from this 'forget' unless you have a backup of involved files.

If you revisit a 'forgotten' website then data from that website will be saved once again.