Pop Ups

Owen1 · September 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">pi55in me off</div> any1 know how to stop the little buggers. i've tried numerous programs but they just keep on coming <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

Cereal_KillR · September 2003

One way is looking at the sticked anti-popup thread in this very forum

SoulSkorpion · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal_KillR @ Sep 14 2003, 10:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> One way is looking at the sticked anti-popup thread in this very forum  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
...which is ineffective, but it's a start.

Cereal_KillR · September 2003

I dont know.. I never had any popup problems. Perhaps Opera is one of the reasons for that?

TychoCelchuuu · September 2003

<a href='http://www.myie2.com/html_en/home.htm' target='_blank'>Or use this, if Opera gives you the willies.</a>I haven't seen a popup since heaven knows when.

CommunistWithAGun · September 2003

www.download.com

Get adaware. No more popups <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

RPG_Jssmfulhud · September 2003

The Proxomitron always works for me... Brilliant piece of software. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Dubbilex · September 2003

Yeah...use Adaware, for Christ's sake. It has always worked flawlessly for me. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

*edit* Yahaha! I R teh s4t4n! [/triteness]

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CrystalSnake · September 2003

<a href='http://www.mozilla.org/' target='_blank'>Mozilla</a> lets you block unrequested pop-up windows.

MonsieurEvil · September 2003

I use the google toolbar snap-in, which not only blocks popups but gives the great google functionality to your browser...

<a href='http://toolbar.google.com/' target='_blank'>http://toolbar.google.com/</a>

Cereal_KillR · September 2003

Well Opera has an already integrated Google (+ other engines) search bar <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
Not counting tabbed browsing but that's getting off topic <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'>

Why is everyone so scared of Opera <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>

CrystalSnake · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal_KillR @ Sep 14 2003, 05:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Not counting tabbed browsing but that's getting off topic <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'>
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Mozilla has tabbed browsing, too. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

fo_sheezy_my_neezy · September 2003

I scan weekly with adaware (for the spyware that likes to make pop-ups when you're not surfing the web), and pop-up stopper for when I AM surfing the web. I basically get 0 pop-ups

Dubbilex · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Sep 14 2003, 11:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I use the google toolbar snap-in, which not only blocks popups but gives the great google functionality to your browser...

<a href='http://toolbar.google.com/' target='_blank'>http://toolbar.google.com/</a> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Popup blocking? Ohhhh...so that's why I downloaded my google toolbar...heh...

Maybe I should figure out how that works.. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Cereal_KillR · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrystalSnake @ Sep 14 2003, 06:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal_KillR @ Sep 14 2003, 05:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Not counting tabbed browsing but that's getting off topic <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'>
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Mozilla has tabbed browsing, too. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I was comparing with IE <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Does Mozilla have mouse Gestures? I remember using Mozilla before but I had a couple of problems with it so switched to Opera. And back then I didn't try mouse gestures <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Dubers · September 2003

Hey nice swear filter dodge by the way! In my opinion the combination of Opera and using Ad-Aware regularly is perfect for zapping those pop-ups.

<a href='http://www.opera.com/download/' target='_blank'>Opera</a>
<a href='http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/' target='_blank'>Ad-Aware</a>

KeitaroSempai · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Sep 14 2003, 11:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I use the google toolbar snap-in, which not only blocks popups but gives the great google functionality to your browser...

<a href='http://toolbar.google.com/' target='_blank'>http://toolbar.google.com/</a>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I use this as well. It works absolutely wonderful =}. Blocked 142 popups since installation.

SillyGoose · September 2003

Mozilla Firebird blocks pop-ups as well, and is faster than Mozilla.

Mullet · September 2003

Install <a href='http://www.google.com' target='_blank'>Google's Toolbar</a>. It's the best pop-up blocker around...I love it.

I have 25,000 blocked, lmao....Im gonna go for the record!

Scum_of_the_Universe · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal_KillR @ Sep 14 2003, 05:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrystalSnake @ Sep 14 2003, 06:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal_KillR @ Sep 14 2003, 05:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Not counting tabbed browsing but that's getting off topic <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'>
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Mozilla has tabbed browsing, too. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
I was comparing with IE <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Does Mozilla have mouse Gestures? I remember using Mozilla before but I had a couple of problems with it so switched to Opera. And back then I didn't try mouse gestures <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
<a href='http://optimoz.mozdev.org/gestures/installation.html' target='_blank'>Mouse gestures for Mozilla (firebird).</a> There are lots of other plugins for mozilla on <a href='http://mozdev.org' target='_blank'>http://mozdev.org</a>

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Sep 14 2003, 04:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I use the google toolbar snap-in, which not only blocks popups but gives the great google functionality to your browser...

<a href='http://toolbar.google.com/' target='_blank'>http://toolbar.google.com/</a></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
It's spyware. It sends the url of every page visited to google, this is probably a <a href='http://www.google-watch.org/jobad.html' target='_blank'>bad</a> <a href='http://www.google-watch.org/krane.html' target='_blank'>thing</a>, but it's obviously necessary to tell you the pagerank of a page.

SoulSkorpion · September 2003

I've been using the HOSTS trick, which has worked wonderfully <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

PanzerOx · September 2003

I keep getting popups from Micorsoft Internet Access (the misspell is intended, as that is how it's spelled in the popups.)

Iced_Eagle · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Sep 14 2003, 11:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I use the google toolbar snap-in, which not only blocks popups but gives the great google functionality to your browser...

<a href='http://toolbar.google.com/' target='_blank'>http://toolbar.google.com/</a>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
same <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> HIGHLY RECOMMMENDED

DiscoZombie · September 2003

there's a little program called <a href='http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=about' target='_blank'>spybot</a> that's a lot like AdAware, but has some additional features, like blocking tons and tons of ads on the 'net... popups included.

With google toolbar, doesn't it block some popups you WANT, too? like, for instance, in these forums, I thought when you click on a link and it opens it in a new window, google toolbar blocked the new window... but, yeah, google toolbar rox for searching, and run both AdAware and Spybot to make sure you nuke allll your spyware.

Vaco · September 2003

For those people that have a computer just sitting on the web and dont run any sort of firewall. Or even some fire walls. There is a rash of net send advertising right now. Really annoying and can popup over NS and serveral other games.

Temp solution start>run cmd.exe enter in "net stop messenger" It will say that it is stopping the service. Then that it is stopped. This is a temp solution. Note that "net start messenger" will start the service again if you need it.

A more permenate solution would be, on win xp start>run services.msc and look for messenger in the services list you can permenatly disable it or put it on manual. Then you could use the gui to start or stop it, or you can appear tech savy to your buds and enter in the command line version. Please note that some things need this to run corretly, some printers and ups systems need this command to send you information.

I do not know how to stop the service in 2k, dont need to know how, I hide behind a linux nat box <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

MedHead · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Scum of the Universe @ Sep 14 2003, 03:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <a href='http://toolbar.google.com/' target='_blank'>http://toolbar.google.com/</a>[/QUOTE]
It's spyware. It sends the url of every page visited to google, this is probably a <a href='http://www.google-watch.org/jobad.html' target='_blank'>bad</a> <a href='http://www.google-watch.org/krane.html' target='_blank'>thing</a>, but it's obviously necessary to tell you the pagerank of a page.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Actually, from what I gather on their installation page, that's only if you use the advanced features like PageRank.

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