Popup Blocker not blocking?

[John]

I uninstalled an antivirus program McAfee and then installed a new antivirus
program called Sophos. My Internet Explorer 6 WinXP sp2 popup blocker was
working before I did this but now it's not blocking anything even though I
have it set to "High: Block all pop-ups". I went through the Sophos
antivirus program and didn't find anything that seemed to have overridden
any settings to my IE6 XPsp2 popup blocker. I unistalled Sophos and it's
still not blocking any popus with the setting still set to high. I've been
searching the net but haven't come across anything. Is there a setting in
the registry perhaps? I just saw the suggestion from Ramesh in reply to
ramasart's post which sounded to be a bit similar to my situation but didn't
find those registry keys.

John

 

[Jon Kennedy]

In IE go to Tools...Internet Options...Security tab, click on the Internet
Zone to highlight it, click the Custom button, scroll down to the Misc.
section and make sure the "Use Pop-up blocker" item is enabled.

 

[John]

Thanks for your advice Jon. I appreciate it. I checked that setting and
that item is set to "Use Pop-up blocker".

This is so strange. Still wondering why my Xp Sp2 popup blocker is not
blocking anything?

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Thanks for your advice Jon. I appreciate it. I checked that setting and
that item is set to "Use Pop-up blocker".

This is so strange. Still wondering why my Xp Sp2 popup blocker is not
blocking anything?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843015/en-us
"Pop-up windows appear with Pop-up Blocker turned on in Windows XP Service
Pack 2".

If no joy:
Courtesy of Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
- MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User) -

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis
v1.99.1(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to
use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
**Post your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
for expert analysis, not here.**

 

[John]

Thanks Vicenzo )

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843015/en-us
"Pop-up windows appear with Pop-up Blocker turned on in Windows XP Service
Pack 2".

If no joy:
Courtesy of Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
- MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User) -

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

When all else fails, HijackThis
v1.99.1(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool
to
use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
**Post your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
for expert analysis, not here.**

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer/OE 2003/2004/2005
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Thanks Vicenzo )

My name is *Vincenzo*
YW. Glad to help and thanks for posting back, John ;-)
Ciao!

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer/OE 2003/2004/2005
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups