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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 5:28 pm
Posted by Paul D
(2162 messages posted)
Nothing in-built, but there are heaps of third-party pop-up
stoppers available. I use POW!Or you could use Mozilla as your browser - it has
an inbuilt pop-up stopper.
On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 10:43 am, Jen wrote:
>I have a question about Stop
>Pop-Up Spam Messages:
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>What about Windows 98? I have a high-speed connection and get tonnes of pop-ups.
>Is there any sort of way to turn them off like there is for win ME or XP?
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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 6:33 pm
Posted by phantom
(5661 messages posted)
Or another one PopUpStopper from-------------------- www.panicware.com
On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 10:43 am, Jen wrote:
>I have a question about Stop
>Pop-Up Spam Messages:
>
>
>What about Windows 98? I have a high-speed connection and get tonnes of pop-ups.
>Is there any sort of way to turn them off like there is for win ME or XP?
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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Friday, February 7, 2003 at 6:41 pm
Posted by James
(2 messages posted)
I use POW myself but it can be annoying having
to 'add' each pop up windows. There's gotta
be a better way for Windows98 users to deter
pop-up windows. Any suggestions?
On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 5:28 pm, Paul D wrote:
>Nothing in-built, but there are heaps of third-party
pop-up
>stoppers available. I use POW!Or you could use Mozilla as your browser - it has
>an inbuilt pop-up stopper.
>
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Saturday, April 5, 2003 at 5:25 am
Posted by Erik Abranson
(1 messages posted)
I tried a third-party pop-up blocker but its filtering was so slow that no time was
gained - and specifying "legit" pop-ups to allow was a tedious procedure. I reverted
to being abused by those dratted windows, closing them closed as quickly as they
would appear, often closing by mistake the Web page I was trying to read. You surely
know what I mean.
Six months ago I downloaded the Opera browser to try it out, keeping Netscape as
my primary browser and risking the insecurity of IE for those offputting sites that
will not work properly with anything else.
I found Opera to be faster than Nestcape or IE and to have many useful and convenient
features - including a setting to allow or block pop-ups that can be changed on the
fly just by pressing F12 and clicking on the option. It stops pop-ups completely
transparently and without delay; it is like browsing in the good old days before
pop-ups. I have only seen three advertising pop-ups in the past six months, and that
only because after allowing pop-ups for a legit pop-up I forgot to turn the feature
off immediately.
Legit pop-ups are usually enlarged pictures called by clicking on a thumbnail, or
a box with additional or side information called by clicking on a button or link.
When pop-ups are blocked, clicking on such thumbnails or links produces nothing.
At first I would be puzzled by the lack of response before remembering the link might
be for a pic or text in pop-up format; now I have the reflex, when clicking produces
no instant response, of hitting F12 and clicking "Accept pop-up windows". Actually
Opera has a setting whereby placing the pointer on a link displays the link address
under the pointer and in the case of pop-ups that contains "javascript" and "popup",
so one can be forewarned.
For this and other nifty features, and good and well explained security settings,
I have made Opera my default browser.
On Friday, February 7, 2003 at 6:41 pm, James wrote:
>I use POW myself but it can be annoying having
>to 'add' each pop up windows. There's gotta
>be a better way for Windows98 users to deter
>pop-up windows. Any suggestions?
>
>
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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 1:55 pm
Posted by Gollywonz
(1 messages posted)
Hey try running a spyware removal tool like adaware or spybot.
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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Thursday, July 15, 2004 at 12:54 pm
Posted by Carmela
(73 messages posted)
ok..i ve tried advanced searchbar, and have had no problems...i have installed it
on XP, ME, and 98...i have read all there is to read and have found no problems...no
adware, spyware, or tracking issues...i know this is an old post, but hope it will
help somebody
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