C5 Golfer Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Anyone know of a good one? What do you geeks recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Dold Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Hey Al, I'd recommend either downloading and using the free Firefox web browser, it has a built-in popup blocker. Or, getting Popupstopper from Panicware: Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Popupstopper, if you don't use Firefox: http://www.panicware.com/ The Free version is here: http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html My brother lives in Bellevue, his name is Tim, maybe you know him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derf Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I second Firefox. I have been using Firefox/Mozilla since the demise of Netscape 4, I could never stand Internet Exploder. I you really, really, really want Internet Exploder, there are a couple of things you can check out. -If you use Windows XP, install the Service Pack 2, it stops pop ups -You could try Avant Browser http://www.avantbrowser.com/ It is some sort of extension to Internet Exploder with pop up blocking and tabbed browsing -Free Surfer http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/ is a good pop up blocker that I used for sites that absolutely required Internet Exploder. But like I said, Firefox would be the better choice here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirror70 Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I use Safari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I use IE and Service Pack 2. It stops 95% of pop-ups, but still allows windows to open when you click on links that require it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy D Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Blocks all the popups you want, and STILL allows you to open new windows when clicking on links. Tabbed browsing is cool! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest giorgio32123 Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Originally posted by Tommy D Blocks all the popups you want, and STILL allows you to open new windows when clicking on links. Tabbed browsing is cool! :D Not true. It does not stop all popups. It does not stop flash popup adds and they became very popular these days. I do not mean embedded flash components, but those funky windows showing up and flyiing like crazy over the contants. Try Netscape web site to find out what I mean. Fortunatelly, they have fixed a bug showing popup with Javascript after I and few other users reported it 2-3 years ago. New York Times web site was the best place to demonstrate that. Tabbed browsing existed before Mozilla. It was Opera standard. Now I use IE, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Safari and Opera depending on environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 My husband uses Mozilla with his Windows ME. I have Windows XP with the upgrade-nary a problem with either.... Also, make sure your spyware is upgraded frequently. I'm worried about my spybots-last time I ran it-no spyware detected. I'm not naive enough to think my OS blocked EVERYTHING!!! Also, look into registry software if you don't have XP-it'll let you delete things your browser, spyware software, and firewall missed. I had a trojan once-been hypervigilant ever since.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derf Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 For people like me who like to check things manually, the are Startup Control Panel and Startup Monitor at http://mlin.net/ who do a good job. One tells you what starts automatically with your computer and one tells you when a software wants to be in your automatic startup. Autoruns at http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml is also good for checking software that starts automatically with your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Thanks for all your help and advice. I downloaded the latest SP2 from MS. and their Beta Blocker and Ad-Aware from Download.com. Been on line two days now and for a couple of hours - no popups. All ok now so far. Ad-Aware found 260 critical items and Norton found 40. Looks like my computer was in need of a medical checkup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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