Help with 'lowermybills.com' type popup

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donna_W
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Help with 'lowermybills.com' type popup

Post by donna_W »

Hello, I'm just new to firefox. One of my pet peeves are these annoying.....I'm not sure what they're called...but 'lowermybills.com' is one of the most annoying adds you see on the web page. I HATE seening 50 millions things constantly in motion when I'm trying to read something.

How do I stop this!!!! [-o< Please help...otherwise, I will go back to Explorer. I have a blocker for that.

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Post by charles »

Having never seen one of these popups it sounds like something that Explorer allowed on your machine to begin with. You should do a scan for spyware/adware with tools like Spybot & Adaware.
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Post by Scarrow »

Welcome, welcome.

For future reference, inquiries concerning Firefox should be posted in the <a href="http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38">Mozilla Firefox Support</a> forum.

Have you enabled Firefox's popup blocker?

Tools > Options > Web Features...

Then check, <em>Block Popup Windows</em>.

And as Charles suggests, looking into a good anti-spyware program is also a wise measure.
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Post by Mike »

A few links may also be helpful.
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You'll notice that Charles did indeed, include a few links...
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Post by Mike »

Yeah, of places where you can get spyware removal programs...

I meant links to the webpages where these popups were being experienced.
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Post by Scarrow »

You'll also notice that donna_W mentioned a particular "lowermybills.com".
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Post by wmcbrine »

Yes, but she meant ads for that site, not the site itself.
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Post by Mike »

wmcbrine wrote:Yes, but she meant ads for that site, not the site itself.

Exactly.
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Yahoo mail or any page with lowermybills.com ad displayed as flashlink. it automatically launches the lowermybills.com hyperlink.
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