How do I stop popups or can they be stopped?

Hello leec,

There are many programs available that will stop popup advertisements,
but most of them are not free. I have listed and summarized some
programs below that will get rid of your popups once and for all.

It is important to realize however, that many content based websites
on the internet are funded through advertising, and some websites even
detect if their users are blocking advertisments and block them from
using the website until ad-block programs are disabled.

Web Washer is a free program (for personal users) and is capable of
eliminating popup windows as well as many other features:
http://www.webwasher.com/en/products/wwash/index.htm

NoAds by South Bay Software is another free program that will allow
you to get rid of pop-up messages on the internet once and for all.
You can download it here: http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/

PopUpKiller is another popular program used to stop advertisements
from taking over system resources. You can find "the ultimate killing
machine" here:
http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller/

If you are not using Windows, you can find all sorts of popup blockers
at this website for Unix, Macintosh etc.:
http://www.flourish.org/adremove

I hope this helps to answer your question. If you need any
clarifications with this answer let me know and I will do my best to
further assist you.

tisme-ga


Search Strategy:

stop popups
://www.google.ca/search?q=stop+popups&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=

popup advertisements stop OR remove OR disable
://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=popup+advertisements+stop+OR+remove+OR+disable&spell=1

Also used Google Directories under:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Internet/Servers/Proxy/Filtering/Ad_Filters/

Mozilla and Netscape now have built-in pop-up blocking. It isn't
enabled by default; the user must turn it on manually. There are other
fine-grained controls as well, such as the ability to
read/write/modify cookies, and re-ordering the window stacking order.

I've found that Proxomitron (http://www.proxomitron.org/) works great.
It gets rid of pop ups and many banner ads and can be configured to
get rid of lots of other nasty stuff.