Closed Bug 307544 Opened 19 years ago Closed 14 years ago

pop-up ad appears every few times I use the Mirriam-Webster site, www.m-w.com

Categories

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Settings UI
Version:
1.0 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: greg.colman, Unassigned)

References

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

I also get pop-ads with other sites, such as www.WhitePages.com.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to www.m-w.com
2.type, say, "range" in the dictionary box, to find its definition
3.hit enter

Actual Results:  
a pop-up add appears

Expected Results:  
blocked the pop-up
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908
Firefox/1.4 ID:2005090806

WFM , no popups (not even detected)
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.6a1
ID:2005090819

Same as Peter.
WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081010 Minefield/3.1b2pre ID:20081010033844

I think this is INVALID

Greg,
Please check your system for spy ware and viruses, for spy ware I recommend http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
I'm able to duplicate it every time by clearing History, Cache, and Cookies with Tools > Clear Private Data between restarts. 

To get the described behavior to appear type a word, click search. A pop-up will be blocked, than click on the home link on the left hand side of the page and the pop-up ad will appear, but the window will remain under the main window. The same behavior is described in bug 474604.
This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode
Version: unspecified → 1.0 Branch
No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.
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