Best Pop-up Blocker

[Amarjit]

I just ran the Google Toolbar through a lot of the tests at http://www.popuptest.com/ and found it failed a significant number. Now what is the best pop-up blocker but doesn't stop me from opening links that create new windows when clicking on them, as Outpost Firewall does this (http://www.popuptest.com/goodpopups.html).

Cheers

[Mullyman]

Depends if you want a free one or one you have to purchase...for the free one i suggest using Mozilla Firefox browser...it has it built in to it...if you are using IE6 then Popup Cop is your best choice B)

http://www.mozilla.org/

http://www.popupcop.com/

[Samurai]

I'm using Mozilla & Google Toolbar for IE and BOTH worked perfectly.

No idea why yours didn't work

[Amarjit]

Have you even used the tests? Anyway, that Popup Cop seems pretty tacky so I downloaded Popup XP, pretty cool and works like a charm.

[Mullyman]

Popup Cop tacky....i think you should try it first and you will see how wrong you are....just a side note about Popup XP...it is not rated that highly...but to each their own B) (reviews of Popup Cop below)

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1094834,00.asp

http://reviews.cnet.com/PopUpCop_2_0/4505-...html?tag=review

[fred devliegher]

Came through :

-Sticky
-Mouseover
-4/4 "good" pop-ups

--> Firefox


-Multi test #2
-Come & go
-Floating
-Full-screen
-Modeless
-Drop-down
-Floating banner
-1/4 "good" pop-ups

-->IE6 with pop-up blocker

Now I know why I switched...

[zapjb]

When I use Opera NA (builtin), FireFox NA (builtin) but for IE I use PopThis! free edition. Btw I use those browsers in that order this amount 90-95%, 5-8% & 2%.

[Izagaia]

Given the nature of the site and the area of this particular discussion topic, I would have to suggest that using "freeware" not be a huge concern. There is a plethora of firewall softwares available. Many of the better ones contain pop-up and spam filters built directly into them. You can search the forums for the numerous threads of users stating their own preferences in which they choose to protect their systems.

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[bkdvnyc]

i used the google bar and it worked perfectly to block those pop ups.
i have 1034 blocked popups so far

[Ariel_001]

Ad Muncher Does block all the pop ups and other things but lets all the "good" pop ups through on http://www.popuptest.com/. Can someone find me something that beats that.

And why is it that it is not mention on Popuptest.com's Download Popup Blockers page is really a mystery to me.