OT: Has anyone had any success illiminating those annoying pop-ups?

> While I have my browser open I get a ton of pop ups pouring in. I do
> have a pop up blocker built into the browser like Yahoo, Google, and
> AOL for the AOhell browser. But still, it's an uphill battle.
>
> Are there any great softwares out there in which anyone would recommend
> that are effective?

getfirefox.com

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eastwardbound2003@yahoo.com wrote in news:1116300490.468596.6430
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> While I have my browser open I get a ton of pop ups pouring in. I do
> have a pop up blocker built into the browser like Yahoo, Google, and
> AOL for the AOhell browser. But still, it's an uphill battle.
>
> Are there any great softwares out there in which anyone would recommend
> that are effective?

I've been using Firefox for over a year and it's usually pretty good at
blocking them. Plus there are plug-ins you can d/l for Firefox which will
give you extra stopping power.

http://www.mozilla.org/

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freenterpriseusa@yahoo.com - 17 May 2005 05:39 GMT

Thank you! To both you and the fellow before you that suggested this.
I am using Fire Fox as I'm typing this to the two of you and so far not
a single pop up add. It's amazing!

> eastwardbound2003@yahoo.com wrote in news:1116300490.468596.6430
> @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
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> http://www.mozilla.org/

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> eastwardbound2003 wrote:
> While I have my browser open I get a ton of pop ups pouring in. I do
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> Are there any great softwares out there in which anyone would recommend
> that are effective?

I like the pop-up stopper from PANICWARE.COM . Once you have one instance
of IE open, each additional window is considered to be a pop-up. If you
want to intentionally open a 2nd (or more) instance of IE, you must hold
down SHIFT or CONTROL while you do so. For example, if you Right-click a
link and pick Open In A New Window (without holding Shift or Control), that
new window will be treated as a Pop-up and will not be allowed to open. You
can configure it to make a BOING sound each time it blocks a window from
opening. There are more features in the PAY version, but all of this is
included in the FREE version.

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eastwardbound2...@yahoo.com wrote:

> While I have my browser open I get a ton of pop ups pouring in. I do
> have a pop up blocker built into the browser like Yahoo, Google, and
> AOL for the AOhell browser. But still, it's an uphill battle.
>
> Are there any great softwares out there in which anyone would recommend
> that are effective?

If you use IE with Windows XP, make sure you upgrade to Service Pack 2.
It has a built in popup blocker, and works great. The only popups I
get are Flash animations, and technically, those aren't popups (they
aren't in a separate window). Haven't had a lick of spyware since I
started using it either, since you can set it to block all activeX
installations.

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> While I have my browser open I get a ton of pop ups pouring in. I do
> have a pop up blocker built into the browser like Yahoo, Google, and
> AOL for the AOhell browser. But still, it's an uphill battle.
>
> Are there any great softwares out there in which anyone would recommend
> that are effective?

Dont use internet explorer. Use fire fox from mozilla.org.

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> While I have my browser open I get a ton of pop ups pouring in. I do
> have a pop up blocker built into the browser like Yahoo, Google, and
> AOL for the AOhell browser. But still, it's an uphill battle.
>
> Are there any great softwares out there in which anyone would recommend
> that are effective?

You mean "eliminating?" It simple. I use Mac OS X with Safari. Safari
has a built in pop-up blocker that works well. I also get the benefit of
no adware, no viruses, and no spyware without any effort on my part
thanks to Mac OS X.

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>While I have my browser open I get a ton of pop ups pouring in. I do
>have a pop up blocker built into the browser like Yahoo, Google, and
>AOL for the AOhell browser. But still, it's an uphill battle.

Ah, I see that Karma really does exist...

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