hi all what programs do you guys use to stop popups? and are they user friendly and low on resources? i am trying to find a good one out there! i have searched the net and i see 100's of them? bit like my new sig pic gives alot of brain ache? Thx......
hehe, Googles toolbar is great at stoping popups and autofilling forms and web saerching and I could go on and on. Check this toolbar out as it is the best popup stoping toolbar I HAVE EVER HAD!
Cool pic Rotary, not used googles toolbar so i can't comment. I use the built in pop-up blocker in SLIMBROWSER made by flashpeak. Its a free download off their site www.flashpeak.com or downloads.com. It has a multi tabbed interface, IE look and feel or skinnable to your preference, built-in pop-up blocker, autologin for sites and loads more. Download size fits on a floppy, not that many would bother, you could e-mail it for the size of it and install is about 4meg. only a couple of bad points ive found, buts thats after 7mnths of use!! Give it a go, it uninstalls cleanly if you dont like it, but it is cool. Later.
Myself using Windows 2000, I disabled the messanger service. (Control Panel, Administrative tools, Services.) The one problem is it also disables messages from your anti virus software. In Windows XP, there is a built in firewall that will prevent them from coming up: Go to the Start menu and select Control Panel. Click on Network and Internet Connections Click on Network Connections Right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties from the menu that appears. In the Local Area Connection Properties window that appears, go to the Advanced tab and click in the checkbox in the Internet Connection Firewall section. You can check to see how "invisible" you are to the internet by going here: https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 Hope that helps!
I'm running Mozilla 1.4 browser and it has an option to disable popups that don't originate from the site you are viewing. This allows you to click on a picture or a link and it will work, but unwanted popups are blocked. I've used some blockers that don't let anything past. You have to hit the shift key if you need to let something past which was a pain in the butt. Mozilla is 'set it and forget it'. It's the best solution I've found yet. I get NO unwanted popups. I get little to no spyware as well.
I do exactly what Nephilim does and just run use Mozilla for internet use. Mozilla has a lot of features that internet Explorer doesn't. The only time it doesn't work well is if you want to play some flash games on a gaming site. Its probably the best solution of come across and it's open source so it's free!_X_X_X_X_X_[small]You are probably wondering how I came up with the name Hanedrick. Well... the name Hanedrick is a very distorted version of my sisters name and I call her that whenever I want to get on her nerves which is like 24/7. Version 5 ps2. Fliptop Cover/smd[/small]
Well I use Mozilla Firebird (not just Mozilla) which includes the best pop-up stopper I've seen. Also supports browsing with tabs (very helpful), skins and extensions. Also Flash works fine, after you install it, there is no problem at all. I think it's better from IE and Mozilla (it's more "heavy" as a prog) Give it a try, it's freeware: http://www.mozilla.org
1. The ICF doesnt really protect you from all that much 2. The ICF blocks all sorts of useful crap 3. Its a Microsoft Firewall. nuff said.
