Some pop-ups open on top of the current Firefox window, while others appear underneath Firefox (pop-unders).

To allow specific websites to use pop-ups, while still blocking all others, you can add those specific websites to the list of allowed sites.

For more information, see the What are Pop-ups section above.

You can determine where the pop-up is coming from by the appearance of the window.

For help, see Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware.

A dialog box will open with a list of sites that are allowed to show pop-ups.

This is intentional, so that Firefox doesnt block pop-ups that websites need to work.

The only third-party that Mozilla ever uses for surveys is SurveyGizmo, which has been vetted by our legal and privacy teams.

The Firefox pop-up blocker doesnt block these pop-ups.

You could probably mess with the registry to disable the pop-ups, but I wont help you with that any more than I would help someone with AIDS find a one-night stand.

They are driving me up the wall Iu0027m very happy to know that Avast is on the job, guarding my safety, but why do they need to show those popups, every time they find a questionable site I sometimes get them every few seconds.

I just want to know how the H I can get rid of those friggin threat popups.

They are driving me up the wall Im very happy to know that Avast is on the job, guarding my safety, but why do they need to show those popups, every time they find a questionable site I sometimes get them every few seconds.

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You want to be able to go to questionable sites, meaning you want to be able to INTENTIONALLY put your system at risk.

But you want Avast to not only protect you from your own stupidity, but do so without trying to alert you to the fact that youre doing something incredibly stupid.

AV software, and all the rest, is only going to be able to do so much to protect your system.

The vast majority of security today is up to you, the individual.

Its YOUR responsibility not to go to questionable websites unless youre willing to deal with the consequences.

Its YOUR responsibility not to believe that email saying some rich Nigerian oil tycoon died and their lawyer is willing to pay you large sums of money to try and launder the money internationally.

Its YOUR responsibility to avoid programs which are well known to be security hazards, like Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.

There are plenty of other examples, but hopefully you get the point.

Just because you have an AV program running does NOT make you invulnerable to all possible threats on the Internet.

Every security program has its own set of flaws and weaknesses -- usually the biggest is the person using them -- that can be exploited.

They should be considered little more than tools to help ease the burden a little, not an excuse to become lazy and complacent.

They are very rare as I dont knowingly visit questionable sites.

These pop up in the lower right corner, and even on what I know are not questionable sites, sometimes even when I visit my web home page, for instance.

I sometimes get several in a row Those are the ones I was complaining about.

If I have my sound on, they start with a chime and an announcement Threat detected.

As I said, I appreciate their vigilance, but isnt there a way to get rid of THOSE popups.

If you open the Avast interface and click on the Help Center at the top right you can scroll down to Real-Time shields and you can read about what each setting does or doesnt do.

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