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Joker~~Face

I'm trying to look for a really good popup blocker that actually stops pop ups unlike some blockers that don't block anything........

anybody got any suggestions

TeMerc · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:15 pm Post subject:

I run both PanicWareFree PopUp Stopper and the Google Bar. No popups get thru om my machine!!
And no conflicts as well.
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Joker~~Face · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:19 pm Post subject:

thanks, most appreciated there man

Very Happy

Acadia · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject:

http://www.popup-killer-review.com/index.htm

My personal favorite is AdShield but it is one of the most expensive ones out there. The two mentioned by the previous poster are highly regarded (and free).

Acadia
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Nick · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:41 pm Post subject:

You can see my recomondation for Ad Shield as well as other discussion about this in an existing topic here: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic.php?p=19309#19309

Moving this out of Talk about it to the software forum.
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suzi · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:39 pm Post subject:

I just started using the Mozilla browser and it stops pop-ups better than anything I've used before. Big Thumb Up

I guess Firefox blocks pop-ups too but it lacks some other features that I need.
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wawadave · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:42 pm Post subject:

i,m useing firefox and it blocks them good i allso have adblock pluging.
to kill those anoying flash adds etc.
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Scaramouche · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:40 am Post subject:

I use proxomitron for total pop up blocking control. It's basically a configurable software proxy that lets you do regex s/r on all of the html coming into the computer BEFORE it hits the browser. This way you can target very specific things as well as block popups. It's a bit more tech-savvy than just a popup blocker but it works the best out of everything I've tried. You need to set up the filters before it'll work but there's lots of filter collections out there.

What I like is that I can filter/change anything. So for example if a IMG SRC link has "*.doublick.com" in it I can just throw out the url and replace it with "AN AD USED TO BE HERE" or something.

Proxomitron is no longer being maintained by the original author but it's a very stable powerful program nonetheless.

antivirus · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:10 am Post subject:

firefox doesnt support iframes, thats what turned me away from it.

richieb001 · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:36 am Post subject:

Personally i don't ever use a standalone pop-up stopper.
Reason being is that if you were to have a rootkit/coolwwwsearch type problem with keylogging/trojan/pop-ups, the bit you would find easily would be the pop-ups.

For pop-up blocking i personally use MyIE2 which blocks from within its own windows. Using an external pop-up program would disguise a possible severe infection.

RichieB

PS Sorry for being so negative ;)