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The "Enable Smart Parental Controls on Your Router" nag ad pops up EVERY time I login to my router.
Ever since I applied the V1.0.4.98_10.0.71 firmware update, I am presented with a ""Enable Smart Parental Controls on Your Router" pop-up every time I login. There is no checkbox to disable this Circle ad. I never had Circle, nor will ever need any parental controls. My parental controls are disabled and have never been enabled.
1. Re-applied firmware
2. Tried 4 different browsers
3. Cleared my cache for every browser.
Does anybody know how to stop this Circle nag ad?
Image of the ad (also attached):
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Mine hasn't shown the ad pop up in months. I've got the R6700v3 router. A recent update must have removed it. I'm at firmware V1.0.4.106_10.0.80
It's stupid that we have to do this, but you can block the ads on Firefox with Adblock Plus.
Click the Adblock Plus stopsign icon, then select "Block Specific Element on this Page", click the ad at the top, then click OK. Boom, the ad is gone. Repeat for the ad at the bottom if you use the Basic tab. That one has two individual fields you have to block.