Pop-up Killer

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-11-17 05:49pm

What pop-up killers do you guys use?

And is panicware a good pop-up killer?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-11-17 05:50pm

None.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-17 05:51pm

None. Pop-ups aren't really that annoying for me.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2002-11-17 05:52pm

IG-88E wrote:None. Pop-ups aren't really that annoying for me.

Except when closing one popup spawns a billion more. THAT is annoying.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 05:52pm

I use popup stopper. It works well enough. A few get through occasionally. Only problem it tries to kill the PM popup on the board.

Mike_6002 · Post by **Mike_6002** » 2002-11-17 05:52pm

Panicware 2.4

Stop'ems dead like trolls that try to invade

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-11-17 05:58pm

i usually turn off java script before entering pop up infested teritorry.

but the proxomitron is supposed to be quite effective.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-17 06:00pm

Shinova wrote:
IG-88E wrote:None. Pop-ups aren't really that annoying for me.
Except when closing one popup spawns a billion more. THAT is annoying.

Aaaagh, that's the ONLY time I get pissed at popups.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-11-17 06:02pm

I don't have one, I need one though.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2002-11-17 06:06pm

I use the joys of Opera browser which has the "disable popup windows" option. Kills'em dead good.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-11-17 06:14pm

Twofold, Popup stoper for when I'm wading into KNOW Pop-up hell areas(No pop-ups, no new windows at all as a matter of fact) and for day to day use
POW
http://www.analogx.com/welcome.htm

Its a list based pop-up and there are downloadable lists less than 100k of around 8,000 styles of pop-ups, I got it last month and since then have seen a single pop-up, even when for fun I tested it by searching for cheats and warz versions of games I already have and I never got hit by a popup(And got hit by twenty to thirty a page when I turned it off to check)

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2002-11-17 06:18pm

Mozilla.

Open preferenses / scripts and kill all da junk

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2002-11-17 06:36pm

Clicking Finger version 2.6

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-11-17 06:42pm

IG-88E wrote:
Shinova wrote:
IG-88E wrote:None. Pop-ups aren't really that annoying for me.
Except when closing one popup spawns a billion more. THAT is annoying.
Aaaagh, that's the ONLY time I get pissed at popups.

Or when you finally kill the shitstorm only to find a gigantic amount of crud on your desktop, that god damned Gator spyware auto-installed, your brand spanking new water-cooled overclocked AMD Thunderbird chugging and gushing out error messages like an old 286! It's not over yet; when you restart your browser you find your homepage reset to some porn site RayCav wouldn't touch and all your security settings pushed down as low as they can go (to ever so helpfully open the door to sneak 6875343589 MORE spywares onto your computer to, yes, make EVEN MORE POPUPS!!!)... But It STILL isn't over! Cut to a month later: you get a $600 phone bill (That's not as high as you think: I've seen $40000) because of a nice helpful program from Hell known as a Porn Dialer. OK you're prolly thinking I'm exaggerating, but it only LOOKS that way! I think www.spywareinfo.com has the scoop on this bullshit...

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-11-17 06:46pm

Yeah, and Ad Aware is good for pop up's secret spyware. It can downloaded at http://www.download.com Just do a search for Ad Aware.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-11-17 06:50pm

Better: Spybot Search and Destroy: htp://security.kolla.de

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2002-11-17 07:51pm

I use Opera to browser the net. You can disable Java pretty easily. Even if you allow pop ups you can make them appear BEHIND the current window, so they dont annoy you as much.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2002-11-17 08:05pm

Right now, I'm using SilverBullet, but it only works for IE.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2002-11-17 08:43pm

I use Proxomitron. Works with all of my browsers, and I can disable it easily when it gets in the way. Its filters are also easily modifiable.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2002-11-17 08:50pm

Shinova wrote:
IG-88E wrote:None. Pop-ups aren't really that annoying for me.
Except when closing one popup spawns a billion more. THAT is annoying.

In which case the Alt-F4 combo comes in handy.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-11-17 09:54pm

I think Popup Stopper is the best, it's the more flexible (sometimes you want that POPUP to appear). I stopped using PKs when I started using Mozilla. Why kill popups if you can prevent them from appearing in the first place?

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-11-17 10:04pm

I use Chimera's built-in pop-up blocker. Chimera is a Gecko-based browser for OS X, so it has the pop-up blocking functionality built right in.

I've also modified my /etc/hosts file to include an extremely long list of hosts mapped to 0.0.0.0.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2002-11-17 11:37pm

Mozilla, and I also block a bunch of ad-image servers.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-11-18 12:21am

Datana wrote:I use Proxomitron. Works with all of my browsers, and I can disable it easily when it gets in the way. Its filters are also easily modifiable.

I agree, Proxomitron works very well. I just need to remember to put it on automatic startup for when I have to reset my computer.