smithbw
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Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:54:00 AM
I am getting killed with popups lately. Can someone recommend a good popup stopper.

Okay, I will stay out of the porno sites but I still need a popup stopper...

Any suggestions?

Regards,

B

Cigarick
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:57:00 AM
If you can find it, PopUp Killer is great.
gorob23
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:12:00 AM
I have panicware type it in gogle it works great and it's free
Penguin13
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:16:00 AM
Meaya Popup Ad filter works the best so far and I've tried alot. Do a search for it, download it, and drop me an email.

KC

threedrcoupe

at yahoo dot com

lenny4z
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:12:00 PM
http://www.mozilla.org 

It even works at your favorite porno sites Billy 😉

-Lenny

Slimboli
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:14:00 PM
Norton Personal Firewall ... the only way to go ...
Penguin13
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:20:00 PM
I use to use a software firewall, Norton infact, but I ran into too mmany problems and false alarms. I went with a nice router with built in firewall and all problems were solved. I don't even have a network. All I use the router for is the firewall and to hold my connection.

KC

Robby
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:52:00 PM
Billy, has your wife been slipping Viagra in your vitamin case?
kccody
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:55:00 PM
Don't have a pop up blocker for you, but I have a link for a fire wall that I think will do that as well.

Here's the link for the best personal firewall I've ever used, called "Tiny

Personal Firewall".

It really is tiny...will almost fit on a standard floppy. Find it at:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8051,00.asp 

Also, the PC World link for a good anti-spy-ware detector program from

Ad-aware.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7423,00.asp 

Both are freeware

Here is another link to a good SPAM filter it is very effective has has gotten rave reviews.

http://www.giantcompany.com 

jd1
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Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:12:00 PM
Webwasher works pretty well. However, I use the Opera browser mostly unless a site just won't render well, then I'll use Internet Exploder. Opera has a built in pop up stopper that works well for most sites.
smithbw
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Friday, July 18, 2003 11:26:00 AM
Thank you all for your help...

Mike A. took care of me!

Again - Thanks!

Regards,

B

Slimboli
Friday, July 18, 2003 12:01:00 PM
Penguin13 --- those weren't 'false alarms' ... just sites that you browser was trying to access, and it was making sure that you wanted to go there.

If you want to go there ... you just say 'permit', and then check the box below it that tates, 'always perform this task', and that's it.

You only have to do it once for each new site you surf ... then it'd done ... no more 'false alarms' ...

Slimboli
Friday, July 18, 2003 12:04:00 PM
smithbw --- who's Mike A. ???

A username would let us know who helped you ... for those interested.

Penguin13
Friday, July 18, 2003 12:35:00 PM
Slim - I'm not talking about those false alarms. Thats an easy fix just like you said. I guess there was a problem with Ameritech DSL and Norton Personal Firewall causing a "Backdoor subseven Trojan horse virus" alarm. I talked to Tech support and they said that it was a bug in there software. There really wasn't a virus on my PC. Plus, there are some nasty virus that can disable software firewalls if your virus deffinitions aren't up to date. I figure, for $39 after rebate, I'll stick with a hardware firewall that I have "complete" controll over.

KC

echo4alpha
Friday, July 18, 2003 10:29:00 PM
Billy,

Glad it worked for you. Best of all, it's free!

E4A

smithbw
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Saturday, July 19, 2003 11:29:00 AM
Slimboli - Sorry, could not remember his username...

It is above!

Regards,

B