> UTC Time: July 10, 2017 12:27 PM > From: anilduggir...@fastmail.fm > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017, at 02:43 AM, Dejan Jocic wrote: >> On 09-07-17, Anil Duggirala wrote: >> > hello, >> > Ever since I moved to Stretch I have had pop-up windows popping up all >> > the time (clicking on various items on various types of pages). I am >> > posting here, since this is only happening in my Debian installation. >> > Was anything changed in the default configuration of Firefox. It feels >> > like Windows with all of these pop-ups, this is the first time I >> > experience anything like this in a linux installation. >> > thanks, >> > >> >> In firefox you have option to block pop-up windows. Go to preferences, >> it is under content. And install some add blocker. For me, best is : >> >> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ >> >> You can also install script blocker, like this one: >> >> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/?src=ss >> >> With all that on, you will be pretty safe against pop-ups. >> > Thanks for the suggestion for add blockers. What I guess I am saying is; > even in websites that I know would never include pop-up ads, when > clicking on something, I am getting a pop-up with some add. It feels > like a virus, like something that is affecting Firefox (I havent tested > other browsers) at the system level, or at least at the program level. > It feels like some bad software is affecting Firefox. For example, when > clicking on a dropdown box, a new window is opened with some ad, I know > this is not being done by the website I am navigating. > thanks a lot,
Check your addons in firefox and your homepage. This sounds like a hijacking activity. But there is a difference between pop-up and ad-blocking. Ad-blocking works whether they pop or are within the page. Pop-ups may not necessarily be ads. You can also add the No-Script addon to only allow what you want scripts on. But this is all browser related, not system.
