Author Topic: Whats the best pop up blocking software? (Read 344 times)

GRUNHERZ · « **on:** November 16, 2002, 07:20:37 AM »

I dont care if it's free or not but I want to know what the best ones are.

MrBill · « **Reply #1 on:** November 16, 2002, 08:33:25 AM »

http://www.rosecitysoftware.com/GhostSurf/

And a lot more. Free test drive.

ra · « **Reply #2 on:** November 16, 2002, 09:09:02 AM »

Get Mozilla or Netscape 7.0, pop up stopping is built in. I tried one of the add-on products, but it wasn't as seamless as the built in kind. Why use a separate program to do what your browsers can do by itself?

I hope pop-ups soon go the way of the do-do bird. There's no way they're actually effective as advertising gimmicks.

ra

Staga · « **Reply #3 on:** November 16, 2002, 09:11:07 AM »

http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/

-ammo- · « **Reply #4 on:** November 16, 2002, 09:50:41 AM »

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Originally posted by ra
Get Mozilla or Netscape 7.0, pop up stopping is built in. I tried one of the add-on products, but it wasn't as seamless as the built in kind. Why use a separate program to do what your browsers can do by itself?

I hope pop-ups soon go the way of the do-do bird. There's no way they're actually effective as advertising gimmicks.

ra

What settings in netscape allows you to kill pop-ups?

Sandman · « **Reply #5 on:** November 16, 2002, 12:21:58 PM »

I use Pop-Up Stopper from http://www.panicware.com

Works well and it's easily enabled and disabled from the task par if I'm doing something that requires pop ups.

-ammo- · « **Reply #6 on:** November 16, 2002, 01:58:13 PM »

yikes, that one is $39. I hope it works well.

Sandman · « **Reply #7 on:** November 16, 2002, 02:27:04 PM »

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Originally posted by -ammo-
yikes, that one is $39. I hope it works well.

There's a free version also... http://www.panicware.com/popupstopper.html

SOB · « **Reply #8 on:** November 16, 2002, 03:06:28 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
I use Pop-Up Stopper from http://www.panicware.com

Works well and it's easily enabled and disabled from the task par if I'm doing something that requires pop ups.

Just hold the control key down if you want it to let a pop-up go through.

SOb

Sandman · « **Reply #9 on:** November 16, 2002, 03:43:07 PM »

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Originally posted by SOB
Just hold the control key down if you want it to let a pop-up go through.

SOb

Shift key works also.

easymo · « **Reply #10 on:** November 16, 2002, 04:18:35 PM »

I have tried several. I only found one that stops them all (I really hate popups) Meaya pop up ad filter. I looked for what librarys use. This is what came up, and it works.

http://www.meaya.com/

ra · « **Reply #11 on:** November 16, 2002, 04:58:04 PM »

Ammo,

Sorry, forgot to mention you have to click on this to enable pop-up stopping in Netscape 7.0:

http://ufaq.org/ns7/adblocker.html

In Mozilla it's in the preferences area.

ra

easymo · « **Reply #12 on:** November 16, 2002, 05:31:38 PM »

BTW pro version of Meaya is 25 bucks.

SunKing · « **Reply #13 on:** November 16, 2002, 05:40:11 PM »

http://www.popupcop.com

-ammo- · « **Reply #14 on:** November 16, 2002, 06:22:29 PM »

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Originally posted by ra
Ammo,

Sorry, forgot to mention you have to click on this to enable pop-up stopping in Netscape 7.0:

http://ufaq.org/ns7/adblocker.html

In Mozilla it's in the preferences area.

ra

Thx RA, Just installed it and it works like a charm. I wish that IE had sopmething similar built into it as well.