Les Jones: How to Block Popups from Specific URLs in Firefox 2.0?

May 01, 2007

Dear Lazyweb > How to Block Popups from Specific URLs in Firefox 2.0?

Dear Lazyweb,

Some popup ads are getting through Firefox 2.0. I notice that the popups are usually from the same sites - tribalfusion.com, precisionclick.com, etc. It's easy to tell, because the URL is in the title area of the popup window.

How can I tell Firefox to never load popups from those URLs? In options you can block popups (which I did) and allow popups for certain Web sites. What I want to do is to block popups for all sites and like, rilly rilly block popups for some sites. For serious.

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Comments

Do you have Adblock and Flashblock installed? If not, something funky is going on. I *never* have unwanted popups, and those are the only two extensions I use.

Posted by: Paul Simer at May 01, 2007

Ooops, I meant, "If so, something funky is going on."

Sorry.

Posted by: Paul Simer at May 01, 2007

AdBlock looks like just the thing. I downloaded and installed it, then added some URLs to its block list.

Gracias!

Posted by: Les Jones at May 01, 2007

So did it work?

Posted by: Paul Simer at May 04, 2007

Looks like it. I haven't seen any more popups from the URL's I've blocked.

Posted by: Les Jones at May 04, 2007

Flashblock is fantastic. It keeps those massive flash pages from hanging up Firefox.

Posted by: Alcibiades at May 04, 2007