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ROT : Pop ups & banner ads
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:00 am
by AllenETreat
Talk about the InterNet in your face!
Okay, gang : are there ANY free downloads
to eliminate this annoying crap?
What say the augurers?
AET
Let me win your hearts & minds, or I'll burn your **** huts down!
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:16 pm
by Civilian
Google has one
Yahoo has one also, but it might for account holders though
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:23 pm
by 4 s ter
The pop-up blocker that comes with the Google toolbar works very well. I've been using it for months with no problems and virtually no pop-ups.
David
"Not all who wander are lost"
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:26 pm
by vampyrewolf
I've got google and yahoo's taskbar, as well as both ad aware and spyware blaster...
all great free stuff.
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http://www.members.shaw.ca/pjharyett/sp ... pyder5.gif">
Mei Fides, Mei Victus
Coffee Before Conciousness
Vampyrewolf@yahoo.com
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:26 pm
by vampyrewolf
I've got google and yahoo's taskbar, as well as both ad aware and spyware blaster...
all great free stuff.
<img src="
http://www.members.shaw.ca/pjharyett/sp ... pyder5.gif">
Mei Fides, Mei Victus
Coffee Before Conciousness
Vampyrewolf@yahoo.com
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:45 pm
by ken
Free downloads!!!!!!!!you bet!!!!!!!!!
Try cnet-
any type of download possible, check em' out.
ken
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:45 pm
by ken
How did I do this double post thing...
Heck it was almost like a pop up ad thing....
ken
Edited by - ken on 3/5/2004 10:47:54 PM
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 9:10 am
by 357Sig
I say the Google Tool Bar w/the pop up blocker. 224 pop ups blocked to date.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 9:32 am
by sovereign
I use an Apple Powerbook G4. Have not seen one popup since I bought it 5 months ago. Try downloading Mozilla Firefox and use this as your browser instead of IE. It has a popup block feature built in and is a simple, FAST browser. Next, download LittleSnitch. This is a program which will alert you to any program trying to contact your computer through your ports. It will also let you know when the programs on your computer are trying to "phone home" with any information about you. You are alerted in either instance and can allow the communication or not, it's up to you.
Edited by - sovereign on 3/6/2004 9:38:30 AM
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:06 pm
by connor
This one ROCKS:
<a href=
http://www.endpopups.com/index.html>htt ... ex.html</a>
It works really well and it's completely FREE. Mine has killed 5708 pop-ups since I installed it (somewhere in 2003).
-Connor
'I ought never to act except in such a way that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law.'
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 3:18 pm
by timlara
I'm with sovereign - try Mozilla Firefox: <a href="
http://mozilla.org/products/firefox/">h ... irefox/</a> . Mac, Windows, or Linux...
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:18 pm
by Zrexxer
I concur with Google toolbar. Aside from the popup blocker, it has some other nice features too.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." --H. L. Mencken
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 11:31 pm
by jbake
Yup, the Google one is what I recommend to everyone that uses IE on their PC.
BTW, another fun program to run is ADAWARE.
It will scan your PC for spyware. Try it, you'll be surprised what kind of crap is running on your machine.
<a href="
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/">A free version is available.</a>
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 1:45 am
by J D Wijbenga
I use Mozilla, a superior free opensource browser. I never see a pop-up!
www.mozilla.org They have the full Mozilla internet suite or a stand alone browser.
JD
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:03 am
by samosaurus
ZDNET, CNET.. You can get some really good pop-up killas there.. And also check your PC's registery editor.. Some of these nasty spyware may have been "embedded" in your PC, that's why you can get rid of them.. <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Sam
"have scars will travel.."
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:27 am
by seaswol
If your post is ROT, then take it where it is ROT, "Really on Topic" ie somewhere Spyderco is not discussed
Chris - Pensacola
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 12:43 pm
by ADS
I like the crowd here and enjoy an "off topic" discussion here and there. I've grown to respect the opinions of the members of this forum and therefore enjoy hearing their opinions on other topics, which are also often of interest to myself.
Maybe a geneticist can fill us in on the details, but a strong like for sharp slabs of steel seems to be a genetic trait that is linked to other traits such as firearms, sci fi, coffee (odd link), nice pens, cool watches, gadgets of all kinds, etc.
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 4:16 pm
by dynaryder
Just stop surfin' pr0n sites. That'll cut down on the amount of pop-ups dramatically. ;-)
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:27 pm
by AllenETreat
dynaryder :
What's a pr0n site? BTW : just had a pop-up
doing this!
stoppopups.com doesn't work!
AET
Let me win your hearts & minds, or I'll burn your **** huts down!
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 3:51 am
by Shiden
Not for free, but Norton does the job very well.
Shiden
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