Still getting loads of popups with SP2!

[Trevor and Michelle Gough]

I've got the popup blocker set to high .... have no spyware according to
Adaware and Spybot S&D and I'm still getting loads of popup ads when
browsing with SP2. Why? I thought this (SP2) was supposed to fix this
problem. Back to Opera or Firefox for sure, I guess.

 

[Trevor and Michelle Gough]

I've got the popup blocker set to high .... have no spyware according to
Adaware and Spybot S&D and I'm still getting loads of popup ads when
browsing with SP2. Why? I thought this (SP2) was supposed to fix this
problem. Back to Opera or Firefox for sure, I guess.

Well, I just figured it out. Any Trusted Sites that I have do not block
popups ... good grief. Just because I want the site to do scripting or
ActiveX does not mean I want the blasted popup ads. Well, it's still a
no-brainer. Opera and Firefox are light years ahead of IE.

I cannot believe IE is this lame, yet, after all the hoopla about blocking
popups. This is quite the surprise!

 

[Richie]

Which popup blocker? try MSN's or Google they work quite
nicely

 

[Trevor and Michelle Gough]

Windows XP SP2's popup blocker is the popup blocker I'm speaking of. It
turns out no popup blocking occurs for sites that are in the Trusted Sites
Zone .... this is just lame. I want scripting and ActiveX allowed for
Trusted Sites, but I DON'T WANT popup ads. The alternative browsers do
this with grace and ease. Why MSIE has to rely on all these 3rd-party
apps is weird at best? Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not about to
download some unwanted toolbar that just eats up more screen space. Opera
is still the best. Firefox is very good, too, in my opinion for browsing
alone.

 

[Alias]

Well, I just figured it out. Any Trusted Sites that I have do not block
popups ... good grief. Just because I want the site to do scripting or
ActiveX does not mean I want the blasted popup ads. Well, it's still a
no-brainer. Opera and Firefox are light years ahead of IE.

I cannot believe IE is this lame, yet, after all the hoopla about blocking
popups. This is quite the surprise!

Google's pop up blocker works great on IE.

Alias

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Well...., yes, actually, it does mean just that. What other
purpose did you think the ActiveX and scripting were for?

While I'll admit Firefox does show promise, it's still got quite a
ways to go; I find it significantly slower than IE on the same web
sites, and any browser that needs a 3rd-party add-in just to sort the
bookmarks is still in the prototype stage. The built-in pop-up
blocker is nice, though. (Haven't found a use for the "tabbed
browsing" that so many rave about, but I'll concede that others might
find it useful.)


Bruce Chambers
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[Trevor and Michelle Gough]

ActiveX and scripting can be used for a lot of different purposes other
than popup ads and are routinely with many websites. Why can I with Opera
or Mozilla or Firefox get fully functioning pages with popup ads blocked
easily?

By contrast, IE (not surprisingly, I guess) tries to fix the problem by
shooting an ant with a rifle, so to speak. I assume all sites are not to
be trusted and scripting and ActiveX are disabled for security reasons as
IE is notorious for being vulnerable in any number of ways when these are
enabled. Those sites I trust are put in the Trusted Sites Zone. This is
common procedure that is advised by many security experts.

The terrible side effect is that only my Trusted Sites will spawn popups,
which is certainly undesirable.

Come on IE .... can't you block the popups more intelligently than this?

As for the other toolbars that block popups, I don't want them. Screen
real estate is compromised even further which I find too distasteful.

 

[Anonymous]

ActiveX and scripting can be used for a lot of different purposes other
than popup ads and are routinely with many websites. Why can I with
Opera or Mozilla or Firefox get fully functioning pages with popup ads
blocked easily?

By contrast, IE (not surprisingly, I guess) tries to fix the problem by
shooting an ant with a rifle, so to speak. I assume all sites are not
to be trusted and scripting and ActiveX are disabled for security
reasons as IE is notorious for being vulnerable in any number of ways
when these are enabled. Those sites I trust are put in the Trusted
Sites Zone. This is common procedure that is advised by many security
experts.

The terrible side effect is that only my Trusted Sites will spawn
popups, which is certainly undesirable.

Come on IE .... can't you block the popups more intelligently than this?

As for the other toolbars that block popups, I don't want them. Screen
real estate is compromised even further which I find too distasteful.

In response to Bruce about the speed of Firefox, I've found just the
opposite to be true -- I find that Firefox loads web pages much faster
than IE.

 

[Ovidiu]

Well, I just figured it out. Any Trusted Sites that I have do not block
popups ... good grief. Just because I want the site to do scripting or
ActiveX does not mean I want the blasted popup ads. Well, it's still a
no-brainer. Opera and Firefox are light years ahead of IE.

I cannot believe IE is this lame, yet, after all the hoopla about blocking
popups. This is quite the surprise!

Hi! Well, my copy of IE (SP2) blocked all the popups I didn't want. I
mean I only found about 2 popups on www.popuptest.com that still work.
Can you give me some samples of popups it didn't block.

Can you please email me at (e-mail address removed)
Many thanks!
Ovidiu