Pop-ups?

[dahlia]

Is there any way to prevent these annoying pop-ups
throught a security block on Internet Explore? I can't
stand these things! My computer seems to get at ton since
I installed Windows XP. You know, the little gray boxes
that advertise on how to prevent pop-ups! AGG! I'm going
nuts!!

Dahlia

 

[Jon Kennedy]

Sounds like Messenger pop-up ads. See this site for more information: http://www.jmu.edu/computing/security/info/winmsg.shtml

 

[siljaline]

Is there any way to prevent these annoying pop-ups
throught a security block on Internet Explore? I can't
stand these things! My computer seems to get at ton since
I installed Windows XP. You know, the little gray boxes
that advertise on how to prevent pop-ups! AGG! I'm going
nuts!!

Dahlia

Blocking Unwanted Ads with a Hosts File.
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/newhosts.htm
Install the file and HOSTS Editor appropriate for your O/S.
Test a web site that loads ads like http://www.extremetech.com
You will see a major difference.

Install a plain vanilla popup stopper -
http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
(Do not search Google for "popup stoppers", some are not good).

Post back if you need anything else.

HTH

--

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[Pat]

Go to this site and download "pow" a free pop-up blocker.
Kind of generic but the price is right and it works
well.http://www.analogx.com/welcome.htm

 

[Jacek]

-----Original Message-----
Is there any way to prevent these annoying pop-ups
throught a security block on Internet Explore? I can't
stand these things! My computer seems to get at ton since
I installed Windows XP. You know, the little gray boxes
that advertise on how to prevent pop-ups! AGG! I'm going
nuts!!

Dahlia
.

If you have Norton Internet Security check this:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/pfdocs/200306

2611142036?Open
If not, try this:
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/sto
pspam.sap