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Pop-up Blockers; Which one do you recommend?
Topic Started: Sep 17 2004, 07:51 PM (207 Views)
24thcenstfan
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Something Wicked This Fae Comes
I am looking for a new pop-up blocker. I had Pop-up Stopper by: Panicware, but I recently had to format my harddrive and when I went to download another copy of the software it was a different version (the only free version available). The newer version is inferior to the older version (go figure).

Any recommendations?
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Dandandat
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Time to put something here
I use goggle tool bar, down side I have a goggle tool bar in my browser, upside it works well and I have never had any problems with it.
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Ngagh
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Huh?
If you have XP, when you update it with service pack 2, they give you a pop-up blocker free...so far it has blocked everything.
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cptjeff
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the google toolbar works nicely.....
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fireh8er
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I use the one on the Google toolbar. It works fine!
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somerled
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I just ignore pop-ups. (closing them as soon as they pop-up).
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Dandandat
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Time to put something here
^^^^^
That’s not really what she was asking was it, but thanks for sharing.
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24thcenstfan
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somerled
Sep 18 2004, 02:27 AM
I just ignore pop-ups. (closing them as soon as they pop-up).

That is waste of anybody's time when a pop-up blocker can run in the background blocking what can amount to dozens of pop-ups appearing in a half an hours time on the net. The file size of my current pop-up blocker is less than 1mb as well (doesn't take up much resources).

Having a good Pop-up Blocker is just as important as having Spybot and Ad-aware installed on your computer in my opinion. They all enhance your experiences with your computer that much more.
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Ngagh
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Huh?
I think that you should use Netscape to browse. It's more secure than IExplorer, and has an excellent pop-up blocker.
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ImpulseEngine
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Actually, Netscape is not really more secure. It's just not the primary target of hackers, spyware, and viruses because it isn't the leading browser. So it suffers fewer attacks and therefore breaches.
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Ngagh
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Huh?
I stand corrected. :D
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iancook
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I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser. It has a built in pop up blocker. They say it's more secure, but that is also in part due to the fact that it is not the leading browser.
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