Pop up blocker.

Dale Gray · Post by **Dale Gray** » 26 Sep 2014 1:50 pm

Go to a news page or some other info page to look at a current news item, and another smaller window pops up in the middle of the screen saying, you might be interested in this. Any ideas? Am running Ubuntu 12.04. Thanks Dale.

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 26 Sep 2014 2:56 pm

One word... T R O J A N... at least with Ubuntu, it's probably not too big of a deal.

If you are running Firefox browser, you might check to see that it is updated and that the pop up blocker is working.

Dale Gray · Post by **Dale Gray** » 26 Sep 2014 7:49 pm

The pop up blocker box is checked and has been since day one. How well it is working I am not sure.Sure is a pain. 73's

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 26 Sep 2014 10:02 pm

If the "popup" is actually a window within the web page, it is not a pop-up, but a pop-over ad. These are JavaScript overlays. The NoScript Add-on will stop these and all other functions that depend on JavaScript. If you are unable to install it directly from within Firefox, read this documentation.

Dale Gray · Post by **Dale Gray** » 27 Sep 2014 4:50 am

Ok Wiz, I will run that and see what happens. Thanks, Dale.

Dale Gray · Post by **Dale Gray** » 27 Sep 2014 6:30 am

Thanks Wiz, that did it. Dale.