swphreak Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I'm not talking about the forum pop-ups, I'm talking about these pop-ups: http://www.geocities.com/giggly2342002/# Those are really annoying, I've already gotten a couple of them. i think if I was on 56k it wouldn't be a big problem, but I have DSL, and DSL IPs are always the same. Besides, isn't that kind of advertisement illegal or something? Does anybody have any pop-up blockers that can stop those kind? Oh yea, is it free?
Darth Groovy Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Go to download.com and get a program called "Pop-Up Stopper" by Panicwear. It's a free download and it does it's job, though a few of those annoying popups that dig into your taskbar are not always recognized. keep in mind that once you install and turn it on, you will often have to hit the ctrl key to open more than one window.
Bob Gnarly Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 i also have that pop up stopper by panic ware it works GREAT!
Zygomaticus Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I just use the opera browser and I can put the popup settings to "open only requested popups" and so I don't get any unsolicited popups, and at the same time, I don't block off many websites' ways of showing screenshots or just popup pages.
swphreak Posted February 20, 2003 Author Posted February 20, 2003 Hallelua, Hallelua, Hallelua The forums feel so.... clean. 1 quick question: Does it block AOL pop=ups or do I have to buy the full version? Because I have AOL as my ISP
Zygomaticus Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Originally posted by StarWarsPhreak Hallelua, Hallelua, Hallelua The forums feel so.... clean. 1 quick question: Does it block AOL pop=ups or do I have to buy the full version? Because I have AOL as my ISP You talkin' about Opera or popup stopper?
Nitro Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 There's a way to block those... I don't remember the exact procedure, but you have to stop and disable the messenger service (not MSN, but the Windows Messenger service built into windows). I did it almost 6 months ago, and I haven't had one since. And I don't use any pop-up blockers. Which means I still get the regular ones, but they make me laugh (expecially those x10 camera ones), so it's all good.
swphreak Posted February 21, 2003 Author Posted February 21, 2003 hmm. I can't figure out how. I never use it anyways so it won't bother me if I disable it. If you remember how, that'd be nice
Sherack Nhar Posted February 21, 2003 Posted February 21, 2003 You can find how to disable Windows Messenger here: http://www.mess.be
Darth Groovy Posted February 22, 2003 Posted February 22, 2003 Originally posted by StarWarsPhreak I have AOL as my ISP That's the source of your problems right there.
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