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Why has my phone been hijacked by intrusive ads?

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I have uBlock Origin. Works great on my laptop but not on my Android phone. Help!

I have uBlock Origin. Works great on my laptop but not on my Android phone. Help!

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Ad-blocking is a bit of an arms race. As soon as software appears to block adverts, the advertising agencies find a way round them.

This is a link to other ad-blockers for Firefox for Android that you may want to try:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/android/collections/4757633/ad-blockers/

You may also want to turn on Tracking Protection. This article will help:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection-firefox-android

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Hi

Ad-blocking is a bit of an arms race. As soon as software appears to block adverts, the advertising agencies find a way round them.

This is a link to other ad-blockers for Firefox for Android that you may want to try:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/android/collections/4757633/ad-blockers/

You may also want to turn on Tracking Protection. This article will help:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection-firefox-android