# Pop-up ads with Firefox **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723 "2005-09-08T21:42:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723/1 "2005-09-08T21:42:29Z")
I’m running Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and occasionally get popup ads from [tribalfusion.com](http://tribalfusion.com). I’ve got the option checked to block popup windows, but this company still manages to get them through. Does anyone know a good method of eliminating them? ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723/2 "2005-09-08T21:54:27Z")
Dissable flash. ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723/3 "2005-09-08T22:00:27Z")
yep. sad to say that some wiseguy figured out that you can circumvent the popup disabler by going through Flash instead of the standard HTML route. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723/4 "2005-09-08T22:12:39Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > Dissable flash. Use Flashblock. It blocks Flash-based popups. If there’s Flash-based objects on a page, it replaces it with a play button. If you want to see the object, just press play. One of the better Firefox extensions. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723/5 "2005-09-08T22:16:52Z")
Unfortunately, there seems to be other ways to get around the popup blocker besides flash, so this may not block them all. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723/6 "2005-09-08T22:16:58Z")
I have not had good luck with flash block. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723/7 "2005-09-08T22:18:41Z")
I thought I was running Flashblock, but can’t find it here on the office computer, so I’ve reinstalled and and will try again. I’m almost positive that it is running on the home PCs but I still get the tribalfusion popups. ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723/8 "2005-09-08T22:22:21Z")
Is there a way to disable flash without installing a plugin? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-with-firefox/320723/9 "2005-09-08T22:26:02Z")
I’ve had a few popups since installing Flashblock, but they were actually regular popups. I had dialed back the adblocker in Zone Alarm because a couple of comics strips sites wouldn’t display the strip unless I did so.