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Old 04-06-2007, 11:53 PM   #1
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Boom Firefox closed popup

every time i close Mozilla Firefox i get a pop up for random sights. does anyone know how to fix this? i scanned the comp w/ macafee and use a registry cleaning thing and it still pops up
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Have you tried a malware scanner, like Spybot Search & Destroy or AdAware? If not, try one of those.
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Are you using Firefox's pop-up blocker, If so, try installing Ad block plus, it is a excellent Firefox extension.
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