Firefox blocks popup windows I have exempted from blocking.

I have exempted my bank from Firefox's popup blocking, yet the popup I need from my bank will not work.
== This happened ==
Not sure how often
== not sure, but I know I used to be able to get the popup information

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There are several sites that provide popups that I want to see. Firefox had not been blocking them previously. Then today it did. I went to Options and listed these sites as exceptions. It still blocked them. I went to options and unchecked Block Popup Windows. It still blocked them. I uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled a new copy. It still blocks them. What do I do now?
BTW, this does not occur when I access the same sites with Internet Explorer.

I have the same issue. I am using windows 7 ultimate and have it on a laptop which has no issues. It is only one pop up i want to come up and it blocks it. I am using zone alarm as well, and I turn it off and it makes no difference. IE works and I HATE Microsoft. I wish Mozilla would come up with a fix.

How do I stop the pop up blocker from blocking popups? I have already disabled it.

how can I stop the popup blocker from blocking popups? I have disabled it but they are still being blocked.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened

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Cannot block popup windows

Using Safari 3.1.
In the last couple of weeks I have noticed that popup windows are appearing, even though I have checked "block popup windows". If these are associated with a given site that I visit, I haven't figured out which.
Is anyone else having the same problem?

Sorry - but this does NOT solve the problem (Cannot block popup window). It will not prevent the same site (scanner2.malware-scan.com/5.swp/scan.php. .../) from popping up its window (and proceeding with an unauthorized download - of MS Windows .exe files) if you inadvertently revisit the site. So it is still an unresolved Safari "bug", as of 11 May 2008.
However, you CAN kill the download, using Safari > Quit, and then simply delete the .exe files from your Downloads folder.

Uninstalling the 'block popup window' using ' safari'... preferences security did not help. Can somebody please help?

Why turning off ' block popup window' does not work for me when i open the page?

r! A popup blocker may be preventing the application from opening the page. If you have a popup blocker, try disabling it to open the win

Even though block popup windows is unchecked in content tab of options, I am still not getting any popups. Please help me.

Hi - Even though block popup windows is unchecked in content tab of options, I am still not getting any popups. Please suggest how to over come this problem.

Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Did you make sure that your security software isn't blocking the pop-ups?
Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test.
*http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-start-windows-in-safe-mode/

What happened to the "Block Popup Windows" menu item in Safari 6?

What happened to the "Block Popup Windows" menu item in Safari 6? Seems to be gone.

Shheesh! Loki is saying that this was a very useful tool/option. Is there any way to BRING IT BACK TO THE SAFARI MENU? Not how to do it in Preferences.
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Has Safari 5.1 broken the Block Popup Windows feature?

I like most of the changes in Safari 5.1, but the Block Popup Windows feature doesn't seem to work any more. Is anyone else having this problem?

Same problem on windows 7 64-bit i3-based machine.

Blocking popup windows even when disabling the popup blocker

For quite some time now, Firefox has been blocking essential popup windows on my computer. It's not just those annoying ones, even those when I am trying to write an email and similar things. I have disabled the popup blocker and it does not change anything at all. It does not alert me that it has blocked anything either, it is simply as if I never clicked anything in the first place. I have tried adding exceptions to my popup blocker, and this does not work either. This is really frustrating and is interfering with my daily use of firefox, and forces me to use crappy explorer which does not block things. What can I do?

Hi Sachin
Thank you so much for the reply.
About your request, the codes that I used are:
HTML for the PopUp:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function popUp(URL) {
var iMyWidth;
var iMyHeight;
//half the screen width minus half the new window width (plus 5 pixel borders).
iMyWidth = (window.screen.width/2) - (250 + 10);
//half the screen height minus half the new window height (plus title and status bars).
iMyHeight = (window.screen.height/2) - (225 + 50);
//Open the window.
var win2 = window.open("http://xarao.businesscatalyst.com/caipiroska.html","Window2","status=no,height=450,width=500,resizable=yes,left=" + iMyWidth + ",top=" + iMyHeight + ",screenX=" + iMyWidth + ",screenY=" + iMyHeight + ",toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,directories=no");
win2.focus();
</SCRIPT>
For the Link:
javascript:popUp('http://xarao.businesscatalyst.com/caipiroska.html')
Of course for all the different links in the page I've changed the http of each image in both codes.
http://xarao.businesscatalyst.com/cocktails.html
Thank you once more.
Best regards,
Augusto

I want to eliminate or control popup windows that have no relevance and start with "open link in new window" . How do I control or eliminate. It is a nuisance.

When I am searching the web and click on an item, I get a pop up window that contains 6 choices beginning with "open link in new window". Most of the time this a nuisance and I want to get rid of it, but it follows me all over the page and keeps popping up when I click on the same item again. If I don't want to use it, how can I make sure it doesn't reappear?
Also, another question. Firefox keeps asking me to upgrade to Firefox 3.6.19, but when I try, it will download. What gives? I have a Mac Pro with OSX version 10.6.7.
Thanks,
Lloyd Frohreich
[email protected]

It sounds that you are opening the right-click context menu, maybe by pressing the mouse button for too long.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/ui.click_hold_context_menus

How to block popup windows that opens up on clicking a link?

Hi,
How to block pop-up windows that opens up when a link is clicked? The feature in IE is to set the Blocking level as 'High: Block all pop-ups (Ctrl + Alt to override)' in Pop-up Blocker settings.
Is there a similar feature in Mac?
Thanks & appreciate the support

In the menu bar, Safari > Preferences > Security > Web Content
Some popups will not be blocked by this method, but blockable popups will be.

Het startscherm is waarschijnlijk niet van Firefox the opening window is probably not from firefox is my computer hacked?

ik heb gisteren het programma zoomit geïnstalleerd (vergrootglas). Ondertussen heb ik alles zo goed mogelijk weer verwijderd maar volgens mij heb ik het originele firefox-startscherm niet meer
waar vroeger Google stond staat nu Google default. Ik heb met het knipprogramma van windows een kopie van mijn startscherm gemaakt.

You can't attach a screenshot to the first post that starts a thread, but you can do that in subsequent replies.
You can use the SearchReset extension to reset some preferences to the default values.
*https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/
Note that the SearchReset extension only runs once and then uninstalls automatically, so it won't show on the "Firefox > Add-ons" page (about:addons).
If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

The "exceptions" list under "Block Popup Windows" shows a whole series of sites as "blocked". What happens if I clear them all?

I assume this is a list of sites where Firefox has encountered popups and blocked them for me. Is there any reason to keep this list?

They are added by SpyBot's immunize function, not Firefox. You can safely clear them, but SpyBot will put them back the next time you tell it to immunize your system.

Firefox seems to open popups and other windows despite block popups being selected.

I have selected "Block Popup Windows" under Tools-Options-Content, but popups still come. In fact, some mouse clicks on websites will open up multiple copies of Firefox instantly, many with advertisements.

Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
* [http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/default.aspx Microsoft Safety Scanner]
* [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware]
* [http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/disinfection/5350 Anti-Rootkit Utility - TDSSKiller]
* [http://general-changelog-team.fr/en/downloads/viewdownload/20-outils-de-xplode/2-adwcleaner AdwCleaner] (for more info, see this [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ alternate AdwCleaner download page])
* [http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro/ Hitman Pro]
* [http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/ ESET Online Scanner]
[http://windows.microsoft.com/MSE Microsoft Security Essentials] is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
Further information can be found in the [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]] article.
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Firefox blocks popups when I don't want it to

I had to reset Firefox and it works fine now with one exception: It blocks popups even though I don't want it to. I have unchecked the box in Options that relates to blocking popups. I have rebooted several times all to no avail. Practically every web site I seek is blocked until I hit the "allow" button that appears when I try to open the site. I can't find anything in the tech docs to answer this question and don't know where else to look.

Once I had the problem that firefox was opening the pop-up windows even when I didn't want them to be opened. Well I don't know how I corrected the problem. I think you should try to reset your settings and then try again.

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