Has anyone else's Mozilla (Firefox) decided recently

[dolo amber]

that maybe pop-ups aren't so bad after all? :grr:

Settings are all the same, virus/spyware scans say everything is clean as a whistle, and all upgrades are installed. What am I missing here? :shrug:

[strategery blunder]

1. My Mozillas has failed me recently too

Only rarely though. Once it let the DU popunder through.:mad:

[havocmom]

2. The pop-up miesters have broken the Mozilla code.

I think there may be updates but I haven't checked yet. Havocdad updated his Firefox browers.

[MADem]

4. Panicware pop up stopper stops everything....n/t

[havocmom]

15. Yep, it stopped everything, including our computer.

Been there, used that, it was not a pretty experience. There will be NO repeat. Nah, I'll just mosey over to Mozilla and get the updates. But not tonight. Actually, I haven't had the pop-ups show yet. Expecting them anytime.

[MADem]

21. I have it on three computers and have never had a second's

...problems. And I've had it for YEARS, I get the updates as needed. It works like a champ for me.

I guess everyone's mileage varies depending on software used. But it does everything I could hope for. Unfortunate that it didn't work for you.

[Theres-a]

3. it's happening to me,too

:shrug:

[Lautremont]

5. I updated mine because the same thing was happening.

So far it works, but things are a little slower. Also, there's a little thing that says "Adblock" on most pages and in the bottom right corner of my screen.

[progmom]

6. My mozilla was looking kind of moldy.

Do you think it's still ok to use on my pizza?

[salvorhardin]

7. Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox haven't changed

it's just that the scum who think annoying pop-up/under ads make people want to buy their crap are figuring out how to beat the pop-up blocking mechanisms.

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=229175&highlight=popups

Try using the Adblock extension. I've had one or two websites get around the combination of Firefox's built-in pop-up blocking and Adblock, but just Adblocking the JS scripts takes care of it.

You could also surf the web with Javascript turned off. Very few websites require it or need it and even GMail now has a pure HTML version.

[dolo amber]

10. I actually guess that was probably it...

That the coders were just getting more clever about it. :eyes:

[salvorhardin]

13. Well...

Fastclick broke Firefox's pop-up/under blocking first and that was one of the reasons for the 1.01 release. Of course, it wasn't long before Fastclick "shared" (for a fee, of course) their discovery with the other knuckle-dragging low-lifes so now quite a few people are having the problem.

BTW: I really wanted to include this link in my first post but didn't find it right off. This thread gives some very practical solutions for not having to deal with the problem in the first place.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=222717&highlight=blocking+popups+popunders+solution

[dolo amber]

16. Cool...thanks!

:hi:

[ConcernedCanuk]

18. "Can 26.9 million people be wrong?" - sure can!

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How many voted for the Boy King - AGAIN? :shrug:

'nuff said.

[asthmaticeog]

8. I've always had a couple popups sneak by once in awhile.

I haven't noticed any increase in that, myself. :shrug:

Maybe try Avant? Someone on DU (arwalden?) said he was very satisfied with that browser and its popup protection.

[ConcernedCanuk]

9. No problem here - I'm running 1.6

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Tried FireFox and 1.7 previously, didn't like either one (furget why)

and reinstalled the older 1.6

and I'm happy again!

[JimmyJazz]

11. I have no idea if I even have firefox, but will you hide me?

Please????

[progmom]

12. I have a foxhole.

And soome moldy mozzarella. Would that work?

[JimmyJazz]

14. Yes, please.....

I'm gettin' ascared out there in the lounge....

[progmom]

17. I'll just scrape the mold off for you.

Some roasted red peppers and focaccia as well, perhaps?

And sparkling white grape juice?

We could have a pic-a-nic right here in the foxhole.

[Penguin31]

19. Couple of things:

1)Make sure you're running Firefox 1.0.1 They updated the software recently. Go to tools -->Options-->Advanced...Scroll Down to Software Update, Click the Button.

2)Next, for those of you who see the little text that says Adblock but have NO clue what that is: When you see any banner ad on the internet, you can right-click it, select the option that says "AdBlock ". You'll then see a popup dialog box. You can just click OK and block that specific banner for good, OR you can replace the various parts of the line with *'s, which will block any ads feauting anything...well, here's an example:

One of my ad filters says: http://adserver.*.*/*
That means that ANY site which displays ads with that particular location will have it's ads blocked. http://adserver.ad.ad/ad, http://adserver.bingo.com/stuff ....And on and on: All blocked.

Make any sense?

[Imperialism Inc.]

20. Yep.

Somehow something turned off pop-up blocking in my options. I did like theothers and downloaded the update and changed the option back and it is fine so far.