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OK, all of the sudden yesterday I installed the addon, yes pop up, but quickly uninstalled it, but now I am plagued by every site that I visit with links, refuse to open, FF nicely informs me that it blocked a pop-up, of course I allow the sites that I want, but how do I disable this totally? I've never had this issue until yesterday!
try creating a new firefox profile--
See if it is profile related or an issue with firefox itself.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager#...g_a_new_profile
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_dat...ofile_-_Firefox
I would just try that to see if it is a Firefox Profile issue
See if it is profile related or an issue with firefox itself.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager#...g_a_new_profile
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_dat...ofile_-_Firefox
I would just try that to see if it is a Firefox Profile issue
That did the trick, thanks! 
You may want to update to a more secure Hosts file
There's lots of important info on that here: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
As it's difficult to see the actual download, here it is: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
Important! Windows Vista requires special instructions: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsvista.htm
Simply download the hosts.zip file, extract, then run mvps.bat, then restart
Then restart, and test browsing the Internet again
There's lots of important info on that here: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
As it's difficult to see the actual download, here it is: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
Important! Windows Vista requires special instructions: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsvista.htm
Simply download the hosts.zip file, extract, then run mvps.bat, then restart
Quote -
[Important Notice - 2K/XP/Vista Users]
In most cases a large HOSTS file (over 135 kb) tends to slow down the machine. This only occurs
in W2000 and XP. Windows 98 and Windows ME are not affected.
To resolve this issue (manually) open the "Services Editor"
Start | Run (type) "services.msc" (no quotes)
Scroll down to "DNS Client", Right-click and select: Properties
Click the drop-down arrow for "Startup type"
Select: Manual, click Apply/Ok and restart.
In most cases a large HOSTS file (over 135 kb) tends to slow down the machine. This only occurs
in W2000 and XP. Windows 98 and Windows ME are not affected.
To resolve this issue (manually) open the "Services Editor"
Start | Run (type) "services.msc" (no quotes)
Scroll down to "DNS Client", Right-click and select: Properties
Click the drop-down arrow for "Startup type"
Select: Manual, click Apply/Ok and restart.
Then restart, and test browsing the Internet again
In 7 there is no host file. The problem was corrected by changing the profile.
Quote - (jnelsoninjax @ Aug 19 2009, 23:06) 
In 7 there is no host file.
As I don't have Windows 7, I can't fully confirm this. But I am thinking that it does exist
I have not googled, but please run %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\ and confirm it isn't there. Is it?
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