On 7/10/17, Anil Duggirala <anilduggir...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > 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,
That's odd. That sounds like something got added on. On rare occasion, I've seen some kind of offer that says you can add something that feeds off of browsing related actions such as highlighting text. If this was me experiencing this, I would check all possible settings related to browser add-ons and extensions. That would be to make sure something wasn't accidentally (or possibly even unscrupulously) added on. I would be looking for anything that looks unfamiliar to my normal computing habits. Years ago I had success blocking something like this by tracking down and then blocking website links found in the popups. Kind of a "nanny" deal, I guess. I'm not immediately finding a way to do this in Firefox, but deliberately blocking cookies would at least be a start there. No pun of any kind intended when I say there's likely a nanny surfing monitor add-on available in some *trusted* Mozilla repository. Under Preferences, the Security tab has a "General" section that includes an option to be warned about sites adding add-ons behind our backs. That section also has options to be warned about dangerous downloads and unwanted or uncommon software. That's all I can think of right now... Good luck blocking it out of your system.. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *
