Hello Joyce,
I'm on a computer w the same OS and latest Firefox. I looked through
Firefox "Options" and don't see anything about blocking popups. There is an
option to warn when a site redirects you.
My Firefox is trouble free. I use a Firefox add-on called "Adblock Plus".
It's possibly the most popular add-on to Firefox, and has been trouble free
for me. The same author has an add-on called "Adblock Plus Popup addon".
You could try one or both of those add-ons and see if it helps.
In case it's an issue with malware, I would recommend going to
BleepingComputer.com for help. There is good information there, and a lot
of useful software which can fix a lot of problems. Much of it is free. It
has been my experience that I need much more than one piece of software to
keep a computer "clean".
Hope this helps. Good luck. Bob Lendrim
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Joyce A <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I know this has been covered before, but I am having to work from my
> laptop, Toshiba Satellite L675 running M$ Windows 7 SP1 so can't access my
> saved files nor links right now. (My old eMachine is down with a problem
> with the mouse, and I haven't received the necessary cable for the newer
> HP.) Browser is the latest update of Firefox.
>
> Since I have replaced the battery in this Toshiba and begun using it
> again, I am experiencing literally a gang of popups! Mozilla's pop-up
> blocker doesn't seem to work against them. I can't find the problem in
> Firefox, nor in settings. I have gotten rid of Sweetpacks (which was
> inadvertently downloaded with some other software) so that isn't the
> problem either. Some of the sites that are popping up are
>
>
> http://jdj.openmace.net/sd/wrap-0.01.html?u=https%3A%2F%2Fadsrvmedia.adk2.co%2Fadsrvmedia%
> http://onlinewebfind.com/ads-
> clicktrack/click/newjump1.do? and
> http://ggk.findsection.net/sd/apps/fusionx/0.0.4.html?aff=1018-1022
>
> I went through the Firefox tools and changed some settings, but it's still
> happening. Also went into the registry editor of this laptop, but couldn't
> find anything that would prompt these ______ things. Cleared cookies and
> cache: still happening. Once I leave my home page, I get two or three of
> these popups all at the same time. Only a blank page loads, but it covers
> up what I'm trying to do. What am I missing here? As always, thanks in
> advance for your help!
>
> Joyce E.
> Southeast Ohio
>
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