mozilla firefox adblock plus not working

I went to the Adblock Plus site and tried downloading/installing it again and this time, Firefox refused, saying the file appeared 'corrupt' so it would not install it. (For the record, I got the same error message for the Trend Micro toolbar, that it was no longer 'verified' so had been removed, though I didn't have it enabled.) Adblock Plus is literally the only addon I use. Just a bunch of Firefox addons I'm not interested in. It had a link to take me to other addons to replace the missing one but there apparently are none. Looking into the settings for further info, it said stuff about it no longer being verified in Firefox and took me to some page that described the issue but it didn't explain much, just something about 'improving' or updating itself to be safer removing my ad blocker sure doesn't make it safer. But a few moments ago when just sitting idle on Wikipedia, I got a popup from Firefox saying the addon isn't recognized anymore and has been removed. *press 'Ctrl + F5' or press 'Ctrl + Shift + R' (Windows,Linux)Have been noticing problems with Adblock Plus taking a while to start working when I start up Firefox lately. *hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button *click the shield icon for more detail and possibly disable the protection *make sure your extensions and filters are updated to the latest version 'Remove the Cookies' for websites that cause problems:Ĭookies and Site Data -> Clear Data -> Cached Web Content -> Clear press 'Ctrl + F5' or press 'Ctrl + Shift + R' (Windows,Linux)Ĭlear the Cache and remove the Cookies for websites that cause problems via the '3-bar' Firefox menu button (Settings).

hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button.

You can reload webpage(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files. You can try these steps in case of issues with webpages: You can check the Web Console for relevant-looking messages about blocked content.

click the shield icon for more detail and possibly disable the protection.

make sure your extensions and filters are updated to the latest versionįirefox shows a purple shield instead of a gray shield at the left end of the location/address bar in case Enhanced Tracking Protection is blocking content.

If you use extensions ('3-bar' menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) that can block content (Adblock Plus, NoScript, DuckDuckGo PE, Disconnect, Ghostery, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin) always make sure such extensions do not block content.

Mozilla firefox adblock plus not working