AccuWeather.com has started using a pop-up:
"[number] pages viewed, but no ads in sight…
Please allow ads to display for AccuWeather.com, and help us keep our weather news free."
I use FireFox Quantum (Vers. 58) with AdBlock Plus. I have tried several add-ons from Mozilla to stop this with no success.
Any ideas (other than allowing ads)?
"Check your extensions and plugins....see if anything has been added." -- Well, I recently upgraded to FireFox Quantum (Vers. 58) and this may have started about then. The upgrade (sic) required changes to my add-ons but nothing with a "new" purpose.
I just scanned with SpyBot with no change.
I then used ccleaner to clean all the browsers (Note: there are 2 leftovers associated with Internet Explorer, which I never use and will not go away). The pop-up is still there, however the counter has been reset.
I ran a test by using Chrome. Lots of ads and no pop-up.
Hey Dr Ben,
Have you tried uBlock Orgin ... I use it on FF Quantum and don't see any ads or popups on accuweather site.
Bingo!
Thank you!
I tried several blockers but must have missed that one.
I'm still using Adblock Plus. Do you see any reason to remove it?
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