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blocking ads & popups
Name: george jones Date: April 8, 2005 at 11:15:21 Pacific OS: win me CPU/Ram: 256mb
Comment:
I have Ad Blocker Pro, Panicware popup stopper, and Google blocker but I am still bombarded with popups. What can I do to stop these? Thanks.
Name: erg57 Date: April 8, 2005 at 13:16:04 Pacific
Reply:
Use Firefox as your browser. Its superior to internet explorer, in addition to the fact that it has a built in pop-up blocker. I get a few strays that come in every once in a while but it's an excellent browser.
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Response Number 2
Name: gdivens51 Date: April 8, 2005 at 20:17:20 Pacific
Summary: My pc has been taken over by a popup or ad called Macromedia Flash Player. My ad blocker & popup stopper do not effect it. This started after I got my pc out of the shop. Will someone tell me how...
Summary: Hi again all, Well..why I use 2 firewalls at once, which do the same job? Its simple, NIS has features that very useful. It has Cookies manager, ActiveX manager, and Ad-Trasher, which block ad banner...
Summary: You've answered your own questions; you're seeing these popups because you're using the lowest possible security settings, so there is nothing to block the stupid popups. To protect yourself, use PCPi...
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