Getting pop ups on Firefox

  • Thread starter Thread starter Martin R. Howell
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Capoot said:
Of course it is linked to advertising. It's a popup.
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*THERE'S NO POPUPS AT Z1.ADSERVER.COM AT ALL*

I don't see any with v1.0.3 and the source for this URL is simply:

"hello"

It's not even a valid web page!
 
»Q« said
I can't reproduce those either. With AdBlock off, the popups
there are blocked for me, with Firefox 1.0.3.
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I tried this again and initially had a difficult time repeating it.

It appears I need to have both JavaScript and Flash enabled. Java
seems to have no effect. Also, I need to start a new browser session
via clicking on the above link with -FF-closed- (not just minimized,
but File|exited). (I nuke cookies on browser-exit)

I can sometimes reproduce this with an existing FF session already
launched, if I clear-cache, cookies, mem, all, etc. (I have PrefBar
installed and my toolbar is populated with several of these clearing
functions). This is why I think it's cache or cookie related.

The popup (actually, pop-under) comes from:
"http:\\205.180.85.40 - Click Here!"

Here's the page source of the popup:
***************************************************************
<html>
<head>
<title>Click Here!</title>
<script source="javascript">
function KW(){
if(navigator.appName!="Netscape"){
setTimeout('window.close();',50);
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="ffffff" link="0033CC" vlink="0033CC"
leftmargin=0 rightmargin=0 topmargin=0 bottommargin=0 marginheight=0
marginwidth=0>
<a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?cid=31772
&mid=69006&sid=5243&m=2&c=6915&type=pc" onclick="KW();"
target="_blank"><img
src="http://cdn.fastclick.net/fastclick.net/cid27550/Congrats_Gateway
LT_720x300.gif" alt="Click Here!" border=0>

</a>
</body>
</html>
***************************************************************

I'm not clever enough to understand this crap. However, I can repeat
it ad-nauseum. Mercifully, ADBlock saves the day. Woohooo!
 
»Q« said
Yeah, I think it has improved. IIRC, those drudgereport popups
were specifically targeted in one of the post-1.0 releases.
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I followed the setup in my other post in this thread. JavaScript
on, Java off, Flash on. Fresh browser session. Clicked on Drudge.
The f-ing Tickle popup appears.

FF 1.0.3 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7)
Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3)

Extensions:
SwitchProxy 1.3.1
PrefBar 2.3.1
Adblock v.5 * nightly 39

I'd be interested in knowing if anyone can reproduce this stuff.

HS
 
Homer.Simpson said:
»Q« said


I followed the setup in my other post in this thread. JavaScript
on, Java off, Flash on. Fresh browser session. Clicked on Drudge.
The f-ing Tickle popup appears.

FF 1.0.3 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7)
Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3)

Extensions:
SwitchProxy 1.3.1
PrefBar 2.3.1
Adblock v.5 * nightly 39

I'd be interested in knowing if anyone can reproduce this stuff.

HS
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I can't get the popunder to work, but it is there. Packet snip:

<title>DRUDGE REPORT 2005®</title>
<tt><b>
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<!-- INTERMARKETS POP-UNDER CODE v1.8 for drudgereport.com (12 hour) -->
<script language="javascript"><!--

Time for FF 1.04. I would uninstall the old version.

OB.
 
I don't know what the correlation is, but I get pop-ups/unders in
Firefox only when cookies are allowed globally (and the extension
Adblock is turned off).

Normally I disallow cookies in Options, and use the extension Permit
Cookies to set permissions for sites that I trust and that really need
cookies to work properly (webmail, forums, e-shops, banks etc.).

I allowed cookies temporarily (and turned off Adblock), and saw the
nasty pop-ups from the sites mentioned in this post.

Regards
 
I did try to find out which site it was. I am just a home user and as
soon as I first saw these popups, I immediately closed them. Then I
realised I should get Syatem mechanic to stop them. I did this, but
there are long lists in the pop up blocker of sites on the black
list...so unfortunately, i cannot tell you the name.

You seem very paranoid, if you do not mind me saying so. I would have no
reason to lie about this experience. So, if you don't belive me, that is
your problem, not mine. I do not have to prove anything..I am simply
reporting what happened.
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The thing is in some cases, popups are caused by adware installed on the
computer. If you can be sure the popup is triggered by visiting a specific
site, then we can rule that out. Even better if you can reproduce the
actions that lead to the popup.

Firefox's popup blocker is good but hardly perfect.
 
I don't know what the correlation is, but I get pop-ups/unders in
Firefox only when cookies are allowed globally (and the extension
Adblock is turned off).

Normally I disallow cookies in Options, and use the extension Permit
Cookies to set permissions for sites that I trust and that really need
cookies to work properly (webmail, forums, e-shops, banks etc.).

I allowed cookies temporarily (and turned off Adblock), and saw the
nasty pop-ups from the sites mentioned in this post.

Regards
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I read the post last week about Ad Blocker and then turned around
right away and got that extension. But was wondering how we keep Ad
Blocker updated? Tx.
 
A lot of people, including me, use Filterset.G. It's updated fairly
frequently.

<http://www.geocities.com/pierceive/adblock/>
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Thanks, there's an "-instructions.txt" file there. That's what did
the trick. It covered the necessary steps to keeping the list active.
btw, for others, it's a manual process that we should do once a week
and it's not automated. Something to put into a weekly reminder for
me.
 
fitwell said
Thanks, there's an "-instructions.txt" file there. That's what
did the trick. It covered the necessary steps to keeping the
list active. btw, for others, it's a manual process that we
should do once a week and it's not automated. Something to put
into a weekly reminder for me.
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I've never updated and it seems to be fine for me. If I start
getting popups or something, I go back for a refresh. ;-)

YMMV
 
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