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| home > about > Remove the annoying popup Every once in a while I get an angry email from one surfer that complain about the site popups and other issues , while I try to be polite I just got to say .. IT IS NOT MINE ! Honest , the popups in the site are from the free host only ,I'm not happy with this either but can not do anything about them .. I keep this site FREE for you surfers so it takes heavy traffic and the cost is popups . I could charge membership fees and make a lot of money but I'm a nice guy and decided to keep this site FREE . Since I'm so nice here how you can block any popup and banners ( not just in this site ) by your self . Turn off your javascript It is the simplest method and most effective , while it may hinder slightly your browsing capabilities in Java intensive sites it is also a good way to enhance security and defend against other "evil" small programs ( like the one that changes your homepage without your permission or add bookmarks ) . Use a popup killer application ( or just press alt + F4 ) The other option is to download a small utility that terminates those popups automatically thusreleasing you from the need to do so manually , some of this programs are really enhanced and you can even determine from which site you want to accept popups ( like retailers who use popups to inform of new deals and coupons ) : Naviscope - What I currently use , it blocks popup and banners , light to download and easy to use , very configurable and has some other nice features like pre fetching KillAD - ( Pop up remover | size 42kb | OS : Win9X , WinNT ) NoAds - ( Pop up remover | size 192kb | OS : Win9X ) Panicware's Pop-Up Stopper - ( Pop up remover | size 420KB | OS : Win9X , NT , XP ) AdSubstract - ( Banner remover | size 2.4mb | OS : Win? ) AtGuard - ( Personal firewall , cookies and popup blocker ) Recommended by Ray Blanchard . There are many moreutilities for this purpose , listed above are the smallest and easiest to download , if you know of other ( and not just for windows ) please let me know but make sure they are small ( 2.6MB utility just for closing popups is way over the limit ) . It is Recommended to use one before you browse the links section and always check it with the latest anti- virus program before installing . Other security issues One more thing for closure , I sometimes use old version browsers for surfing unknown sites , since scheming "evil" webmasters design most of their tricks to work on newer version of Explorer sometimes surfing their site with another older browser ( like Netscape 3 ) lets you bypass all the traps . Note by David Troeh One new way I have noticed you don't have listed is use Mozilla 1+/Netscape 7+. Both (really the same engine) have built-in popup blocking under Preferences->Advanced->Scripts & Plugins. Both also include control of lifetime for cookies, as well as selective blocking of cookies and images. Both have increased privacy control for the user far beyond what is currently available in IE. |
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