pop-up blockers?

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randolindso said:
Does anyone know of any effective pop-up blocking software that is
also free?
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Your answer lies in a GOOGLE search for "freeware popup stopper".

However, some of the popups may come from your PC as a result of incomplete
maintenance.. Do the following cleanup to see if it helps or fixes your
problems:

Turn on that firewall...
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/home/using/howto/homenet/icf.asp
If you are getting "Messenger Service" popups - this will also remedy those.
(If you have AOL, you will have to get a third party firewall. IMHO -
another reason NOT to use AOL. Although, I suggest highly that if you want
to get better protection, you should get a third party Firewall anyway, it
still does nothing for my AOL dislike.)


Make sure you have all the updates (critical) installed from:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
(Scan for updates, Review and Install)


Get rid of the spy/ad/mal-ware..
(Yes - using MORE than one of these.. I recommend at least the first
three.)

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Lavasoft AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de

Hijack This!
(For browser Hijacks - also look into CWS Shredder)
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

And Assortment of Others:
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html


After you cleanup your PC somewhat of spy/ad/mal-ware, verify your antivirus
software is updated and run a full scan of your computer. If you have no
antivirus software - get one NOW!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php


Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to about
80-120MB..
- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section, do the
following:
- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
- Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:" to
something between 80MB and 120MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger right now.)
- Click OK.
- Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline contents"
(the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10 minutes
or more.)
- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open Internet
Explorer.


Uninstall any software you do not use often/ever. (If you have something
installed but never use it, uninstall it. If you go through Control
Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and see things you seldom if ever use, it is to
your advantage to remove it.)


Update all of your hardware drivers (find the manufacturers of your video
card, motherboard, sound card, modem, network card and so on - go to their
web pages, look for Windows XP drivers there and download/install the newest
ones.)
 
-----Original Message-----
Does anyone know of any effective pop-up blocking software that is also free?
.
download the latest Google toolbar, comes complete with
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popup blocker.
 
Google is a good one, particularly if you use Google a lot. You also get an
autofill function. However, using the advanced features also means they
track what you search, although they don't associate it with you. (or so
they say.)
 
Box134 said:
Google is a good one, particularly if you use Google a lot. You also get an
autofill function. However, using the advanced features also means they
track what you search, although they don't associate it with you. (or so
they say.)
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Hi there,

Some find the auto-fill function an annoyance, personally I don't trust it.
Google warns that using the advanced functions of the toolbar *will*
monitor you use. It's a Privacy issue which should be taken seriously.

--
siljaline

MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
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