1. Internet Explorer definitely says Turn On Pop-Up Blocker (so it's
definitely OFF there)
2. I do not use crappy third party toolbars either
3. I have McAfee and the Pop-Up Blocker is disabled there too!
I don't use a pop-up blocker as I do not really have a lot of pop-ups. I
know it's blocking because I can't log in to internet banking unless I hold
control because it opens it in a new window.
It has to be an update that caused it because I've not had this problem
previously
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I am sorry that your problem has not been resolved yet.
Despite the recent debacle with Security update 908531 (MS06-015)
that led to the release of
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165 -
I am not convinced that your situation "has to be an update that caused it"
The issue still sounds like some kind of pop-up blocker at work,
especially since holding down the CTRL key bypasses the effect;
as that is a procedure for bypassing some but not all pop-up blockers.
If you have not done so, please make a thorough check of Add or Remove Programs
to make sure that no toolbars such as Google or Yahoo Companion or
ANY pop-up blockers are not installed. Yahoo Companion can hitch a ride
with updates to Adobe Reader and Google does the same with Java updates.
If no such entity is listed and nothing out of the ordinary is revealed under
Internet Exploer / View / Toolbars, then maybe should check Internet Explorer /
Tools / Manage Add-ons for anything suspicious.
If you are on a broadband connection, you could try booting to Safe Mode With Networking
and see if the issue occurs. If not, then that means that some program is loading
in Normal Mode and is causing the issue.
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