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&#39;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 (http://reviews.cnet.com/PopUpCop_2_0/4505-3513_7-20195740-2.html?tag=review)

[fred devliegher]

Came through :

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

--&#62; Firefox


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

--&#62;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&#33; 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.

Kazaa/eDonkey/Bitorrent= huge selection at low, low prices. :P

[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 (http://www.admuncher.com/) 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. ;) :lol: :D :P

And why is it that it is not mention on Popuptest.com&#39;s Download Popup Blockers (http://www.popuptest.com/software/popblock.html) page is really a mystery to me. :ph34r:

[h1]

:huh: I just passed every test with every nightly trunk release of Phoenix / Firebird / Firefox since 0.2. ;)

[Alucard1475]

Popup Block works best for me.

You can get it HERE (http://www.popupblock.net/) or HERE (http://www.snapfiles.com/download/dlpopupblock.html).

[gregster007]

I was initially using Ad Muncher which passed every single test on popuptest.
But ad muncher also removes all ads from web pages, but I found on ebay it also removed the site visit number in auctions which I didn&#39;t like and I couldn&#39;t find a way around this in its settings. I also didn&#39;t mind ads on web pages because I&#39;m on broadband and don’t really need to save bandwidth.
I would recommend ad muncher to users with dial-up or something as I found in a month of using ad muncher it removed something like 3000+ ads which was a saving of 300mb downloading. (Those figures are a little estimate as I uninstalled it a fortnight ago).

But at the moment I am running IE6 with Popup Blocker 1.65 (links in post above) which I found passed all tests but only failed on two, but not really though:
Floating popup - stopped the pop-up from floating though;
Drop-down popup – appeared but didn’t make a difference.

So I have decided to stay with IE6 with the popup blocker 1.65 installed, it has so far not let me down since I installed it a fortnight ago.

[Amarjit]

I retain my strong dislike to PopUpCop - as after installing it, I was greeted with the appearance of an ugly toolbar in IE:

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[Mullyman]

Well of course there is a small toolbar in IE, it is relatively small in comparison to the "Google Toolbar" that you had installed ...It"s better than having a icon in your taskbar tray...if you looking for good looks over functionality..then don"t use it B)

[Ariel_001]

Originally posted by haxor41789@15 March 2004 - 22:29
:huh: I just passed every test with every nightly trunk release of Phoenix / Firebird / Firefox since 0.2. ;)
I prefer using something the can work well with any browser not just Internet explorer.

@gregster007

Just add a custom filter for that site.

[h1]

Originally posted by Ariel_001@16 March 2004 - 13:58
I prefer using something the can work well with any browser not just Internet explorer.
Excuse me?

[Ariel_001]

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I prefer using something the can work well with any browser not just Internet explorer.
Excuse me? [/b][/quote]
Sorry :( . A Miss-quote. :blink: . I meant the other stuff. They seem specific to only one Web Brower.

[Amarjit]

Proceeding my instant disability to being capable of discovering a serial for Popup XP, I referred to a previously-posted topic: http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=64116.

The advise being provided regarding a performing pop-up blocker, was of the highest of integrity. Zero Popup passed the entirety of the tests, in similarity with Ad Muncher - however, it does not feature a crap GUI, useless features, but I purely well-design, well integrated program. Being knowledgable of the serial is accomplished with ease in conjunction with the aid being provided by Google.

[bulio]

google toolbar, or mozilla firefox

btw, this is my 500th post&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; woooo&#33;

[h1]

:lol: Only that much closer to Paul and MUSCLEMAN. :P