Stopzilla! Rules!

[the-ninja69]

I just recently installed stopzilla which is a pop up blocker and a very good one at that. You dont have to hold ctrl like some make u do. I never get pop ups anymore and stopzilla is user friendly and can do other tasks to for you.

[harrycary]

I use Zero Popup (http://www.tooto.com/popup-killer/index.htm).
It's very small, completely free, and automatically runs when Internet Explorer is started. Nothing else to click or open. I haven't seen any pop-ups yet. Especially those annoying "floating" java scripts.

Be aware (http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/), Stopzilla installs tracking cookies on your PC.

[Paul_NFFC]

i just use norton 2003 firewall, blocks all popup's automatically ;)

[Dieselpower]

Stop using that trash and start using serious things like Proxomitron
http://www.proxomitron.org/

[riesdepies]

I use Popup Block (http://www.popupblock.net/).
Review:
Popup Block is an add-on for Internet Explorer, that blocks all unsolicited popup windows from appearing while browsing. The program is smart and automatically recognizes popup windows that were triggered because of a mouse click. It further uses advanced scripting techniques to block certain calls made to the IE scripting engine, thereby allowing you to disable even advanced popup techniques like floating DHTML and Shockwave ads. In addition, Popup Block comes with several other features like an option to disable all sound within IE, Whitelist, popup logging, hotkey bypass and more. One feature that we found very useful is the Browser Normalizer, that allows you to force IE to display all toolbars, even if the window does not show them (many Java scripts). Overall, a very effective popup killer, that comes with more features than most others - at a reasonable price!

[Gizmo12345]

Originally posted by harrycary@18 May 2003 - 02:02
I use Zero Popup (http://www.tooto.com/popup-killer/index.htm).
It's very small, completely free, and automatically runs when Internet Explorer is started. Nothing else to click or open. I haven't seen any pop-ups yet. Especially those annoying "floating" java scripts.

Be aware (http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/), Stopzilla installs tracking cookies on your PC.
that zero popup thing of yours has spyware in it. It's name is winfingerprint :angry:

[harrycary]

Gizmo,
No, what I recommended is not spyware.
Sorry everyone, I didn't list the proper name of the software. Zero Popup Killer (http://Clarification)

See this qoute from the site I linked to..

Clarification
It has come to our attention that a company, www.zeropopup.com, is marketing a spyware called "ZeroPopUp". Some people have been confused by this and thought the annoying came from our site. Tooto Technologies ( wwww.tooto.com and tooto.plastiqueweb.com ) has NOTHING to do with their product. If your computer has been infected with this program, please follow this link for instructions on removing it.


Knowledge is power.

[4play]

stopzilla, filezilla and mozilla are excellent apps. :D

[vivitron 15]

Opera browser has a built in pop up stopper, which is good if those system resources are low (it also uses less than IE anyway :P )

[GSW]

I don't use it at the moment, but I was using Kill Pop Up, which can be found on download.com

It stopped any other Internet Explorer windows (apart from you primary one) opening up. E.G. if you were visiting a site and a pop up tried to open, it would not let it... but the draw back of this program, is if you are visiting a site and choose a link which needs to "open link in new window", it won't allow it to, unless you disabled it, which of course is pretty annoying...

Anyway....... :unsure:

[riesdepies]

Originally posted by GSW@20 May 2003 - 19:47
I don't use it at the moment, but I was using Kill Pop Up, which can be found on download.com

It stopped any other Internet Explorer windows (apart from you primary one) opening up. E.G. if you were visiting a site and a pop up tried to open, it would not let it... but the draw back of this program, is if you are visiting a site and choose a link which needs to "open link in new window", it won't allow it to, unless you disabled it, which of course is pretty annoying...

Anyway....... :unsure:
looks like a very rudimentary popup killer to me...

[the-ninja69]

Well if it installs spyware then just run ad-aware 6 and it will remove it. I dont think it installs spyware on your comp but I could be wrong.

[NozzeR2003]

Im sorry to who ever made the comment on norton 2003, it is the best programme for virus related problems in my view.

It hasnt stopped any of my popups and i keep just getting more and more, we have nortons antivirus and nortons internet security (norton applications) and strill get popups.




-NozzeR-

[NotoriousBIC]

NozzeR2003, have you activated the ad blocking of Norton? It isn't on by default.
I say that because it stops every single one of my popups. I'm pretty happy with it. (except for the fact that I think it's to much of a resource hog)

[NozzeR2003]

Yes i do have that activated, im not a newbie dont worry lol i was one of the first ones with kazaa and morpheus lol, thing is, i dusnt seem to block some of my pop ups, also pop ups keep getting saved in my programmes list for some reason, i have scanned through my computer looking for any addware accessing the net but cant find owt so i jus have to deal with it lol




-NozzeR-

[NotoriousBIC]

im not a newbie
Sorry about that, didn't want to imply you are one...

Anyway, could you give an example of a site that it doesn't block.
I want to test different popup stoppers, 'cause I'm not happy with Norton as a whole due to that system slowdown.

[lenny_vp]

My Norton internet Security Professional 2003 Firewall bloacks all pop ups :rolleyes: :D B) :P :lol:

[the-ninja69]

Stopzilla! takes no resources and does an excellent job of blocking pop-ups.

[riesdepies]

This (http://www.dummysoftware.com/popupdummy_testpage.html) is a good popup test page (though I don't recommend Popup Dummy, I recommend Popup Block (http://www.popupblock.net?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PM_me_(riesdepies)_for_a_crack_:-)))
Note that the 'Safe' popups should NOT be blocked by your popup killer!