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re: Question about 'Pop-Up Spam'
Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at 1:11 am
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Posted by Adam Bradley (7201 messages posted)


Answer number 1:get a decent browser
I use Netscape and mozilla they have an integrated popup killer that works so well I've almost forgotten what they look like
It can be set to block all unapproved popups or to allow any that you don’t blacklist
Best of all its free
As for number 2 it depends how they are coming through
If they're coming from the page you're visiting it's perfectly legal and a necessary evil in some cases
But that doesn’t excuse the pages that open a popup when exiting then another one when you exit that one…
But if it's from a piece of spyware you may or may not have grounds to sue
It all depends on whether it gave you a "we are installing this/do you want to install" statement before it installed
Regards, Adam Bradley


On Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at 12:15 am, Jon wrote:
>I have a question about Stop
>Pop-Up Spam Messages
:


>
>
>You know, all these stinking pop-ups from companies who claim that I need their program
>to stop pop-ups is really pathetic. Especially when the only pop-ups I get are from
>them! I was wondering 2 things...
>
>1.) is there any way to stop these pop ups
>2.) is there any way to sue these companies, cause I know hundreds that would jump
>on the bandwagon...


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Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' (Jon: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at 12:15 am)

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-Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' (Jon: Tue, Aug 19, 2003, 12:15 am)
*re: Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' (Adam Bradley: Tue, Aug 19, 2003, 1:11 am)
*re: Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' (smp_uk: Tue, Aug 19, 2003, 1:24 am)
*re: Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' (tancy: Tue, Aug 19, 2003, 2:30 am)
*re: Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' (MJB: Tue, Aug 19, 2003, 6:02 am)
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