Popup blocker

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I'm looking for a good and free popup blocker. Currenty I'm using PopThis
Pro, but it's not free :-( There is a free version but it has some bugs.
What I like about PopThis is that it doesn't run as a separate process and
it's not a toolbar. Could you recommend me any other popup killer that
integrates with the browser (IE 6.0), is not a toolbar and doesn't run as an
independent task and, what is most important, is FREE?
 
chairon said:
I'm looking for a good and free popup blocker. Currenty I'm using PopThis
Pro, but it's not free :-( There is a free version but it has some bugs.

What wrong with the free version?

Joe
 
chairon typed:
I'm looking for a good and free popup blocker. Currenty I'm using
PopThis Pro, but it's not free :-( There is a free version but it has
some bugs. What I like about PopThis is that it doesn't run as a
separate process and it's not a toolbar. Could you recommend me any
other popup killer that integrates with the browser (IE 6.0), is not
a toolbar and doesn't run as an independent task and, what is most
important, is FREE?

IE-SPYAD and hpHOSTS file and lock down IE with Enough is Enough from the
IE-SPYAD site.
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/main-nf.htm
http://webpages.charter.net/hpguru/hosts/hosts.html
 
Joe said:
What wrong with the free version?

Protection keys don't work. I don't claim it's never possible to disable
PopThis by holding the control key but I had problems with this. It is also
admitted by the author himself who says that this feature has been corrected
in the Pro version. As I said, I'm currently using the Pro version and so
far I haven't had problems with disabling PopThis so there must be something
about it.
 
chairon said:
I'm looking for a good and free popup blocker. Currenty I'm using
PopThis Pro, but it's not free :-( There is a free version but it has
some bugs. What I like about PopThis is that it doesn't run as a
separate process and it's not a toolbar. Could you recommend me any
other popup killer that integrates with the browser (IE 6.0), is not
a toolbar and doesn't run as an independent task and, what is most
important, is FREE?

I've been using Popup Manager, and it does a great job for me.
http://www.endpopups.com/index.html
 
"chairon" <chairon@(spam) said:
I'm looking for a good and free popup blocker. Currenty I'm using PopThis
Pro, but it's not free :-( There is a free version but it has some bugs.
What I like about PopThis is that it doesn't run as a separate process and
it's not a toolbar. Could you recommend me any other popup killer that
integrates with the browser (IE 6.0), is not a toolbar and doesn't run as an
independent task and, what is most important, is FREE?
If your using IE6 then you may want to consider using MYIE2 browser
instead.As well as using the IE engine it has a built in popup and
ad/content blocker which works very well.This can be turned on off at click
of a button.Also the blocked ads popups can be viewed with click of a
button.
http://www.myie2.com/html_en/home.htm
me
 
chairon said:
I'm looking for a good and free popup blocker. Currenty I'm using PopThis
Pro, but it's not free :-( There is a free version but it has some bugs.
What I like about PopThis is that it doesn't run as a separate process and
it's not a toolbar. Could you recommend me any other popup killer that
integrates with the browser (IE 6.0), is not a toolbar and doesn't run as an
independent task and, what is most important, is FREE?

Just out of curiosity, why wouldnt you consider a toolbar addon?
Googlebar works great to block popups, and also lets you quickly search
the web.
 
I'm looking for a good and free popup blocker. Currenty I'm using PopThis
Pro, but it's not free :-( There is a free version but it has some bugs.
What I like about PopThis is that it doesn't run as a separate process and
it's not a toolbar. Could you recommend me any other popup killer that
integrates with the browser (IE 6.0), is not a toolbar and doesn't run as an
independent task and, what is most important, is FREE?

I've been using EMS Free Surfer mk II for some time now. Easy to set
up and use. Easy to temporarily disable and has a couple of other
goodies built in.

HTH
Bill
 
chairon said:
Protection keys don't work. I don't claim it's never possible to disable
PopThis by holding the control key but I had problems with this. It is also
admitted by the author himself who says that this feature has been corrected
in the Pro version. As I said, I'm currently using the Pro version and so
far I haven't had problems with disabling PopThis so there must be something
about it.

Thanks for your info.

Joe
 
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