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How do I stop automatic updates?

Frustratedwithconstantupdates
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Your newest version is full of popups and riddled throughout with hidden popup where I can't even go to the pages I want to go to. I am happy with the version I have and don't want any new stuff.


David





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''' ''' Your newest version is full of popups and riddled throughout with hidden popup where I can't even go to the pages I want to go to. I am happy with the version I have and don't want any new stuff. David ''''''

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mjb
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Hi David,

Your System Details list shows you have Firefox 21 installed and you said you're on, the latest version. v21 is not the latest, as of Friday, the latest version of Firefox is 29.0.1. Please check what Firefox version you have by going to about: via Address Bar. Then at the bottom, it'll show your Build identifier. It looks similar to this. Here's mine:
Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0

Frustratedwithconstantupdates
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True, the version I have on my computer is 21.0. This is the one I downloaded onto my computer. The problem is not this version. The problem is when my firefox automatically updates. The version it updates to is filled with popups. It even has hidden ones that will redirect me to places I do not want to go to, making it impossible to go to the page that I want to go. I am happy with the firefox that I have (21.0). Is there a way that I can turn off the automatic updates?