What can I do about those pop-up advertisements?

When on the internet, windows IE allows new windows with advertising to suddenly appear, or popup. How do I prevent this from happening? Is this a system setting or do I need software to stop this annoying problem?

This question was answered on December 9, 2001. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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Hello,

Most of us are annoyed by those pop-up advertisements that materialize when surfing the web

The only way not to allow those pop-ups is to install blocking software.

There are free and paid software available on the web to eliminate them

Free to download:

No Ads by South Bay Software (free): http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/

Surf in Peace by Icon Labs (free): http://www.iconlabs.net/sip.html

Pop-Up Stopper by PanicWare (free): http://www.panicware.com/product_dpps.html

Pow! by Analog (free): http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pow.htm

SafeWeb (free; can be set to handle pop-ups too): https://www.safeweb.com/

Paid software:

http://www.hdsoft.com/popnot

http://www.meaya.com

Paid and free software:

http://www.filetransit.com/software/index.php?cat=284

Good luck and let us know how you like it!

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Posted by Phoenixaz of Chandler-Gilbert Community College on December 9, 2001

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