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pop up ads on Facebook? - papananny24 - 11-09-2012 10:03 AM
How do you get rid of the popup ads on FACEBOOK?
- abraXus - 11-09-2012 10:11 AM
facebook doesnt have popup ads, unless you added a spammy app like the dislike button
remove the app, or install adblock
- Daniel - 11-09-2012 10:11 AM
Facebook Does Not have Pop Up Ads they Only have Side Ads
if you are Seeing Pop Up ads there coming from a Different Source
- Midnightaunt382 - 11-09-2012 10:11 AM
If the ads have the title "Ads not by Facebook" that means they are being inserted by an adware / malware program. To get rid of it, first uninstall any browser extensions or other software that you have installed recently, and are not sure about, as its quite likely one of those is inserting the ads.
If that doesnt work, the next step is to do an antimalware scan. I recommend "MalwareBytes Anti Malware" and also "Super Anti Spyware". Sometimes its worth scanning with both, as sometimes one program will catch something and the other wont.
Once you have cleaned out the malware. A good solution for hiding the "normal" facebook ads that Facebook displays itself, is to install the FB Purity browser extension, which hides all Facebook's own ads. It also has lots of other options for cleaning up other types of facebook junk. Its been reviewed and highly rated in the Washington Post, CNET, Lifehacker and PCWorld.
You can get it here: http://fbpurity.com