Pop-up Stoppers
Tired of those annoying and intrusive pop-up ads that seem to take over your computer? Here are some FREE programs that can put an end to pop-up ads for good. Best of all, these programs require no configuration and they work!
Windows XP Service Pack 3
If you have installed Service Pack 3, Microsoft has included a pop-up blocker in Internet Explorer, as well updating the built-in firewall and fixing many security vulnerabilities.
For Internet Explorer
The programs below are designed for use only with Microsoft Internet Explorer. For users of Netscape 7 & Mozilla please click here.
Google Toolbar (Version 5.0 Beta & up)
This beta-version of the Google toolbar offers pop-up blocking, auto-fill forms and blogging tools, as well as all of the tools needed to make searching on the internet a breeze. Very highly recommended.
EMS Free Surfer mk II
EMS Free Surfer mk II is an intelligent popup stopper, cache cleaner and surfing companion for Internet Explorer from EMS-Project. FS and its fs-20 inference chain engine do not in any way interfere with opening new windows. No white lists, block lists or anything; just start it and surf in peace. And it's configuration free. There is no return to 'old style' popup stoppers after trying Free Surfer. Free Surfer is the best free popup stopper on the net.
You can also enable/disable those annoying GIF and Flash animations and it is multi-language supported.
- Free Surfer mk II (for Internet Explorer only)
EMS-Project have also developed a more feature-rich product called Free Surfer Companion that sells for $20.00 US. Free Surfer Companion does everything that Free Surfer mk II does and more.
Avant Browser can be best described as a custom web browser application. Avant Browser is a standalone application designed to expand services provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Some of the expanded services include:
- Pop-up blocker
- Tabbed interface
- Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
- Built-in Google Toolbar
- Integrated Cleaner of cookies, temporary internet files, passwords, typed URLs, etc.
- Much more
NETSCAPE 7.1, FIREFOX and MOZILLA
Netscape , Firefox and Mozilla have the same underlying architecture. Netscape 7.x is based upon Mozilla.org’s open-source browser. Therefore, most of the features, as well as the “look & feel” will be quite similar.
Both browsers have a built-in pop-up blocker.
NETSCAPE 7.1
Netscape 7.1's pop-up manager is enabled by default. If you wish to allow a site to use pop-ups, you must use the POP-UP MANAGER.
- To enable pop-up windows, select TOOLS | POP-UP MANAGER.
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MOZILLA
In order to prevent pop-ups in Mozilla, you need to perform the following steps:
