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re: Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at 1:11 am Posted by Adam Bradley (7795 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... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at 1:24 am Posted by smp_uk (413 messages posted) a pop up stoper will do it, or if you enter the ipaddress from these ad's in your host file. as for sueing i think they are allowed to do it cos of freedom of speach or something, damd those americans! 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... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at 2:30 am Posted by tancy (2 messages posted) Netscape really rox...i am currently using microsoft internet explorer and netscape...after i found out netscape doesnt show pop-ups from my friend...i immediately downloaded it :)...get it at www.netscape.com [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Pop-Up Spam' Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at 6:02 am Posted by MJB (1166 messages posted) To prevent these pop-ups in IE6 you need to do 2 things: 1st - Start- run - type services.msc - OK When services comes up scroll down to messenger turn off service then Right click and select disable. 2nd - Get a good fire wall like ZoneAlarm This will stop nearly all popups you are concerned about. Good Luck, ---MJB--- 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... [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum