Disable pop-ups; or enable pop-up blocker...or I will stop using FireFox

Every page on Mozilla FireFox has pictures and moving images and advertisements and junk pop-up spam all over the page (at least 9 boxes of JUNK all over each page, that "frame" the page---[[..3 on the left..3 on the right...3 on the top]]...leaving only a tiny window view of the actual website or webpage I am intending to visit. I've already gone into my FireFox settings and selected disable popups...prevent popup blocker...been all through my FireFox settings, etc.
I use Google Chrome and Windows Internet Explorer as internet web browsers...and do not experience those annoying issues with Google Chrome or Windows Explorer. I have my firewall settings set to "high" and have a security system in place. It's only my experience that when I open Mozilla Firefox...there are "blinking captions" and pictures all over the page. Even if I lightly scroll over them, sometimes, it will automatically open a new window, and cause a complete disruption and interruption to my business and internet experience. I am ready to uninstall Mozilla Firefox and tell everyone I know not to use Firefox, at this point, because it is full of spam and security risks.
Do you have any solutions to offer/provide...and within a timely matter?
If I do not receive a valid response within a week, I will proceed with uninstalling and suggest that others do the same.
Thanks.
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That's pretty extreme. I don't think I've read about any other reports that bad.
As a quick test of whether it might be caused by an add-on, could you go through these screens and disable everything except Flash (Shockwave Flash 11.6):
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > Plugins category 
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > Extensions category
Does that make any difference?
Also, if you are using custom connection settings, try changing those here:
(WIN) orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced 
(MAC) Firefox > Preferences > Advanced 
(LINUX) Edit > Preferences > Advanced
On the Network mini-tab, click the Settings button. To use the default connection used by IE, choose "No Proxy" or "Use System proxy settings". You may have to restart Firefox before that takes effect.
If none of that helps:
Could you describe the sequence of events leading up to this problem. When does the trouble start and can you associate it with following links, using bookmarks, typed URLs, etc.? For example, when you first start Firefox, do you get a normal about:home Firefox start page, or is it already crawling with ads? If you go directly to a link like https://www.google.com/ does it appear correctly?

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