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General discussion

stop annoying popups?

Mar 20, 2004 3:57AM PST

Cannot anyone suggest a good but free pop up blocker?

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Mozilla
Mar 20, 2004 4:25AM PST

Probably the best popup blocker avaliable, and it's free. It's also spyware resistant, fixes a lot of security problems, and many other little benifits.

http://www.mozilla.org

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Tribbles, There Have Been Quite A Few Previous Discussions
Mar 20, 2004 4:28AM PST
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Re:stop annoying popups?
Mar 20, 2004 4:45AM PST

Test this.

http://webpages.charter.net/hpguru/hosts/hosts.html

I see so few pop-ups it is a non-issue for me.

Upside.
If your on a resource restricted OS it does not seem to use any. (it is not a prog)

If your using D/U it might make your surfing a little faster. (does not load ads and then block them)

Downside.
Not as flexable as an ad blocker prog.

Does require updates to it's ref file.