Bug 703652 - firefox pop-up blocker does not work
Summary: firefox pop-up blocker does not work
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DEFERRED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: firefox
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Martin Stransky
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-11 00:04 UTC by Peter Gückel
Modified: 2018-04-11 10:07 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-11-10 18:57:16 UTC
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screencast of the non-reproduction (175.66 KB, image/png)
2011-05-14 18:55 UTC, Matěj Cepl
no flags Details
proof required for comment #6 (48.29 KB, image/png)
2011-05-27 18:37 UTC, Peter Gückel
no flags Details

Description Peter Gückel 2011-05-11 00:04:00 UTC
Description of problem:
Although I have enabled the blocking of pop-ups, they still open up.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
firefox-4.0.1-1.fc15.x86_64
xulrunner-2.0.1-1.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible:
Surf to http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do and click on a program to get details and a pop-up from c5.zedo.com will appear.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:
I have not allowed any pop-ups from any site. Also I have often noticed that pop-ups will appear in separate tabs on some sites.

Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2011-05-14 18:55:18 UTC
Created attachment 498950 [details]
screencast of the non-reproduction

Thanks for the bug report.  We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue.

I cannot reproduce here with firefox-4.0.1-2.fc15.x86_64 (see the attached screenshot). So, we need more information to be able to reproduce the issue here.

1) Are you able to reproduce this when running firefox in the safe mode (i.e., run it with parameter -safe-mode on the command line)
2) Are you able to reproduce the problem with the upstream binary from
http://www.firefox.com/?
3) Are you able to reproduce the problem with a fresh profile?

Thank you for your cooperation and helping to make Fedora more awesome!

We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information.

Thanks in advance.

Comment 2 Peter Gückel 2011-05-14 20:23:00 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> 1) Are you able to reproduce this when running firefox in the safe mode (i.e.,
> run it with parameter -safe-mode on the command line)

I ran it with the parameter, but did not check any of the options, so as to leave my configurations intact. I have no extensions installed and have only gecko media player, iced tea, nspluginwrapper, openoffice, skype buttons for kopete and shocwave flash experimental 10.2 for x86_64 plugins installed.

Despite safe mode, the pop-up occurred again.

> 2) Are you able to reproduce the problem with the upstream binary from
> http://www.firefox.com/?

I have not tried it, but a while back I learned that the binary is not x86_64, so I was not able to use it. Is that still the case?

> 3) Are you able to reproduce the problem with a fresh profile?

I will give that a try later and report back.

***

Also, I should add that I got another pop-up this morning, this time while using google/reader. I subscribe to spiegel.de, focus.de and zeit.de. I clicked on the tab to display the feed entries and a pop-up appeared without me even clicking one of the entries in the feed (I don't recall which one it was, of the 3 I just named).

Comment 3 Peter Gückel 2011-05-14 20:34:35 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > 3) Are you able to reproduce the problem with a fresh profile?
> 
> I will give that a try later and report back.

OK, I just tried it with a fresh profile and it still occurs on the zap2it.com tv listing site. When I click a listing for program information, a pop-up from c5.zedo.com appears. It only happens once. When I close the tab and open the site in a new tab, then it happens once again.

Comment 4 Peter Gückel 2011-05-14 20:38:13 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> I cannot reproduce here with firefox-4.0.1-2.fc15.x86_64 (see the attached
> screenshot).

I just looked at your screenshot and I see the bar that appears at the top, stating that the pop-up was blocked. I have never seen this bar appear on my browser, although I do know it from firefox 3 back in the days of fedora 12 or 13 or so.

Comment 5 Peter Gückel 2011-05-14 23:46:55 UTC
> I just looked at your screenshot and I see the bar that appears at the top,
> stating that the pop-up was blocked. I have never seen this bar appear on my
> browser, although I do know it from firefox 3 back in the days of fedora 12 or
> 13 or so.

Correction: the bar is there and it says that firefox blocked a pop-up, but the pop-up appear anyway.

Also, I had said earlier (in Comment 3) that the pop-up appears each time I open the site in a new tab. I believe that is incorrect: I think it is one time I visit the site in firefox.

Also, I tested in konqueror, and the pop-ups don't appear.

Comment 6 Matěj Cepl 2011-05-16 06:07:38 UTC
There must be something wrong somewhere in your settings. Could you please make a screenshot of the small dialog window "Exceptions" in Edit/Preferences/Content just to be sure what your settings are? Alternatively, go to your Profile (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder#Where_is_my_profile_folder.3F) and run this command (that is one line):

sqlite3 permissions.sqlite 'select * from moz_hosts;'|grep -E 'zap2it\.com|zedo\.com'

What is the output of this command?

Thank you

Comment 7 Peter Gückel 2011-05-16 18:16:51 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> Could you please make
> a screenshot of the small dialog window "Exceptions" in
> Edit/Preferences/Content just to be sure what your settings are?

There's absolutely nothing in there. I already checked that a long time ago.

> go to your Profile... and run this command:
> 
> sqlite3 permissions.sqlite 'select * from moz_hosts;'|grep -E 'zap2it\.com|zedo\.com'

There is absolutely no output when I run the command as given.

When I prefix the command with ./, then it prints:

bash: ./sqlite3: No such file or directory

I am not clear on which file the command is referring to, but there IS a file called permissions.sqlite!

Comment 8 Peter Gückel 2011-05-16 18:22:28 UTC
I just checked the site again. As soon as I go to the site, a bar at the top appears that a pop-up was blocked and no pop-up appears, however, as soon as I click on a program link to get program information, the zedo pop-up appears.

Comment 9 Peter Gückel 2011-05-21 16:42:18 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> When I prefix the command with ./, then it prints:
> 
> bash: ./sqlite3: No such file or directory
> 

Silly me [blush]. It just hit me that prefixing ./ will try to run a command in the current directory, so of course it would not be found in my mozilla user profile directory.

Comment 10 Matěj Cepl 2011-05-27 15:28:09 UTC
> Silly me [blush]. It just hit me that prefixing ./ will try to run a command in
> the current directory, so of course it would not be found in my mozilla user
> profile directory.

Don't blush and could you please reply to the original question in comment 6, please?

Thank you

Comment 11 Peter Gückel 2011-05-27 18:32:29 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> Alternatively,
> go to your Profile
> (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder#Where_is_my_profile_folder.3F) and
> run this command (that is one line):
> 
> sqlite3 permissions.sqlite 'select * from moz_hosts;'|grep -E
> 'zap2it\.com|zedo\.com'
> 
> What is the output of this command?
> 
> Thank you

There is absolutely no output when I run the command. There is just a blank line after running the command and the next command prompt (I already stated that in comment 7).

Comment 12 Peter Gückel 2011-05-27 18:37:38 UTC
Created attachment 501365 [details]
proof required for comment #6

I have never entered any site in here and it is empty.

Comment 13 Peter Gückel 2011-05-27 18:40:55 UTC
This is what the output looks like (my prompt shows the current working directory):

~/.mozilla/firefox/scrambled.default sqlite3 permissions.sqlite 'select * from moz_hosts;'|grep -E 'zap2it\.com|zedo\.com'

~/.mozilla/firefox/scrambled.default

Comment 14 Matěj Cepl 2011-06-16 13:21:31 UTC
Back to basics:

(In reply to comment #2)
> > 2) Are you able to reproduce the problem with the upstream binary from
> > http://www.firefox.com/?
> 
> I have not tried it, but a while back I learned that the binary is not x86_64,
> so I was not able to use it. Is that still the case?

64bit binaries are available at ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/4.0.1/linux-x86_64/

Could you try with this binary (backup ~/.mozilla/firefox first, just to be sure), please? What happens?

THank you

Comment 15 Peter Gückel 2011-06-16 16:33:03 UTC
(In reply to comment #14)
> 64bit binaries are available at
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/4.0.1/linux-x86_64/
> 
> Could you try with this binary (backup ~/.mozilla/firefox first, just to be
> sure)

I unpacked the b2zipped tarball into /opt and ran:

/opt/firefox/firefox &

It is running right now. I went to the dastardly site and the same behaviour occurred: the popup appeared, just like always.

Comment 16 Matěj Cepl 2011-06-17 14:25:27 UTC
OK, then it is our problem. Reassigning to developers.

Comment 17 Peter Gückel 2011-06-18 17:52:37 UTC
Update: I was just reading an article on techradar.com that I got to via a link from somewhere, when I decided to click their logo to see their front page, and... a pop-up appeared!

Comment 18 Peter Gückel 2011-06-25 16:10:47 UTC
Update: I upgraded to firefox 5 yesterday and just a second ago I was reading a 2-page article on techradar. When I pressed the next button for the second page of the article, a pop-up appeared.

Comment 19 Peter Gückel 2011-07-10 18:21:03 UTC
I just had another shocking pop-up experience. I was reading an article on focus.de and as I was reading, I absentmindedly highlighted a word. Immediately, a pop-up box appeared with the addressbar showing www2.mpnrs.com/maxx/.... I thought perhaps it was a dictionary function, so I waited for the contents to develop, and it turned out to be an advertisement for the Bank of Scotland.

Comment 20 Peter Gückel 2011-08-11 17:25:27 UTC
Yet another shocker: pop-ups from catholic.org!

When one opens the page, it opens up with a pop-up (no need to click anything). Then, when one closes the pop-up, a new pop-up appears.

firefox-5.0-2.fc15

Comment 21 Peter Gückel 2011-10-07 02:12:46 UTC
I still get popups from various sites using:

firefox-7.0.1-1.fc16.x86_64

Comment 22 Peter Gückel 2011-12-16 01:22:56 UTC
The problem is as rampant as ever. Try reading an article on catholic.org (I subscribe to an rss feed and open a new window from the feed, but I think it happens when clicking from the main site, too).

I have: firefox-8.0-3.fc16.x86_64.

Comment 23 Peter Gückel 2012-11-10 18:57:16 UTC
Housecleaning. This bug is so old that the fedora version, kde version and firefox versions have all changed.
I will reopen again, if I notice more problems than those already described, which have not yet been resolved.


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