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Thread ID: 49134 2004-09-11 05:44:00 Blocking Popups Kibito (623) Press F1
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271225 2004-09-11 05:44:00 Hi there.

I have a pretty common question. I'm basically after a decent program to block popups. I've already seen and tried a few like Google Toolbars built in one but in the case of that one, it doesn't seem to be able to tell that sometimes the popup is just me clicking open link in new window.

My school seems to have a very effective popup / ad blocker in place because whenever we go on the internet there, literally there are no popups at all. Ever. Plus it is able to tell if you're opening a link in a new window.

Does anyone have any recommendations on a really decent popup blocker?

Cheers.
Kibito (623)
271226 2004-09-11 06:08:00 You won't need a popup blocker if you use Opera or Firefox instead of Internet Explorer - popup blockers are built into them. ;-) Fire-and-Ice (3910)
271227 2004-09-11 06:09:00 If u have XP, SP2 has a popup blocker. Spacemannz (808)
271228 2004-09-11 06:17:00 > If u have XP, SP2 has a popup blocker.

I have to say the IE popup blocker in SP2 is very Good :)
stu120404 (268)
271229 2004-09-11 06:22:00 I have to say I agree with Stu W. basil (2970)
271230 2004-09-11 06:28:00 Well I don't know what everyone keeps talking about. I use opera sometimes. Popups galore. I don't see how theres a popup stopper in it.

And SP2 well I sorta can't be stuffed download and installing SP2. Don't really wanna risk things screwing up and stuff and waste more time.

Any other suggestions????
Kibito (623)
271231 2004-09-11 06:31:00 dont use windows? Spacemannz (808)
271232 2004-09-11 06:33:00 lol.

I meant time friendly options ;)
Kibito (623)
271233 2004-09-11 06:38:00 You could try http://www.download.com

Search for popup blocker. Most of them are probably shareware, so you may or may not have to pay, if you want to continue using it.

There maybe some freeware version of something there

Or if u have something like Norton Internet Security use that. It deals with popups and useless ads.
Spacemannz (808)
271234 2004-09-11 06:50:00 Mozilla Firefox (www.mozilla.org) blocks popups etc and gives you extra browsing security.

Otherwise, what firewall do you currently use? Agnitum Outpost - Free Old Version (www.agnitum.com) also stops banners and popups (does not block flash though). It is easy to setup and use.
Jen C (20)
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