I don't have any adblocker installed but I can't see any ads. My extensions are: Google toolbar, Web developer toolbar, Ook, video ook (ops ) Bloglines Toolkit del.icio.us buttons and DOM Inspector and Talkback from Firefox directly. What's happening then? I can see ads with Opera.
I've had similar problems to you, although I assumed it was Norton Internet Security on my girlfriends computer that did it. It really pisses me off as I can't use web messenger.
Firefox has a built in option to block scripts, which adsense code is. Check your settings or search google for settings.