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Still can't access googleadservice pages in UK in Firefox 42

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So I've read the other pages, cleared my cache, removed add-ons, reset proxy settings (none!), IPsec, DNS etc etc etc. I've run malware checks (none!) - I#ve restarted Firefox in Safe mode .. no difference!

But I still cannot load in Firefox pages that are GoogleAdService pages - e.g.,

http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=Cas7phFA-Vr-gLMywbNL4iogOo8GJpAj7vITT3wKRsvC3BAgAEAMoA2C7hoCA0AqgAYH-sfsDyAEBqQI_fHLzWkC5PqoEKE_Q4hRWxNVutnGLPyg4jWUsxatWFO_cG5p7eI4QixoA-2cB3i1qaYGIBgGAB-eBzgSQBwOoB6a-G9gHAQ&ohost=www.google.co.uk&cid=CAASIuRofF9vneTALrxaK3zi9wxX9DboD2EzClKaajMCY57Q9S4&sig=AOD64_2Lx0tU8V7gGeLdN8wqi93w7VHsnw&clui=6&q=&ved=0CDUQ0QxqFQoTCNTu8cCF_8gCFcQmDwodUjwCxg&adurl=http://www.cars2buy.co.uk/personal-car-leasing/Volkswagen/Touareg/

Firefox IS my preferred browser but this page and others like it loads in IE, Chrome and Safari so please, WHAT is Firefox doing that it won't or can't? Are you investigating this?

I am reaching the limits of my patience with this and if this is not fixed soon I will give up using it, Sorry.

Please save me!

So I've read the other pages, cleared my cache, removed add-ons, reset proxy settings (none!), IPsec, DNS etc etc etc. I've run malware checks (none!) - I#ve restarted Firefox in Safe mode .. no difference! But I still cannot load in Firefox pages that are GoogleAdService pages - e.g., http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=Cas7phFA-Vr-gLMywbNL4iogOo8GJpAj7vITT3wKRsvC3BAgAEAMoA2C7hoCA0AqgAYH-sfsDyAEBqQI_fHLzWkC5PqoEKE_Q4hRWxNVutnGLPyg4jWUsxatWFO_cG5p7eI4QixoA-2cB3i1qaYGIBgGAB-eBzgSQBwOoB6a-G9gHAQ&ohost=www.google.co.uk&cid=CAASIuRofF9vneTALrxaK3zi9wxX9DboD2EzClKaajMCY57Q9S4&sig=AOD64_2Lx0tU8V7gGeLdN8wqi93w7VHsnw&clui=6&q=&ved=0CDUQ0QxqFQoTCNTu8cCF_8gCFcQmDwodUjwCxg&adurl=http://www.cars2buy.co.uk/personal-car-leasing/Volkswagen/Touareg/ Firefox IS my preferred browser but this page and others like it loads in IE, Chrome and Safari so please, WHAT is Firefox doing that it won't or can't? Are you investigating this? I am reaching the limits of my patience with this and if this is not fixed soon I will give up using it, Sorry. Please save me!

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hello, could you go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this might give us a clue what is going on...

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Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 42.0 Build ID: 20151029151421 Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/1 (default: false) Safe Mode: false

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


All Crash Reports (including 2 pending crashes in the given time range)

Extensions


Name: LastPass Version: 3.2.21 Enabled: true ID: [email protected]

Name: Updated Ad Blocker for Firefox 11+ Version: 0.7.7.1-signed Enabled: true ID: {4DC70064-89E2-4a55-8FC6-E8CDEAE3618C}

Name: PDF Architect 3 Creator Version: 1.0 Enabled: false ID: [email protected]

Name: PDF Architect Converter For Firefox Version: 1.0 Enabled: false ID: [email protected]

Name: Skype Click to Call Version: 7.5.0.9082 Enabled: false ID: {82AF8DCA-6DE9-405D-BD5E-43525BDAD38A}

Name: Strict Pop-up Blocker Version: 0.2.1-signed Enabled: false ID: jid1-P34HaABBBpOerQ@jetpack

Name: WebEx Productivity Tools Version: 2.0 Enabled: false ID: [email protected]

Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Adapter Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none Device ID: 0x0a16 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.17461) Driver Date: 7-29-2013 Driver Version: 9.18.10.3257 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 11 (OMTC) Subsys ID: 05ca1028 Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: true Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d 1.1 AzureContentBackend: direct2d 1.1 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

Important Modified Preferences


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Important Locked Preferences


JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.10 Version in use: 4.10.10

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.4 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.4 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.4 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Version in use: 3.19.4

Experimental Features


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thanks, nothing particular is standing out there - could you please see if the same issue is happening in a new profile, that you can create for testing purposes: Profile Manager - Create, remove or switch Firefox profiles

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Well intriguingly I just restarted Firefox having disabled the Ad blocker and this time it IS disabled AND two GoogleAdService pages that previously did NOT load now do!

Even if I add the GoogleAdServices.com domain the excluded sites AND turn off the "Blook Google Analytics" option the Adblocker still blocks it ... it does not once disabled.

So is there another reliable AdBlocker to strip out intrusive ads on web pages that works?

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you can find a number of popular and widely used adblockers like adblock plus or ublock origin at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/privacy-security/