Help! I need a pop-up blocker!

[Dhalgren]

Does anyone have any suggestions? Is "Stopzilla" any good?

[GOPisEvil]

1. I use firefox for a browser - no popups.

[indy_azcat]

2. go for firefox

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
waaay better'n IE

[lildreamer316]

3. NoAds

although I don't know where SO downloaded it from so you'll have to search.My Google toolbar blocks them also; so I'm doubled up.

[SKKY]

4. Firefox or Mozilla, to reiterate what everyone else has said...

[merwin]

5. If you're going for an IE popup blocker, just use Maxthon as a browser.

It is based on IE, but has popup blocking, tabbed interface, and lots of other options.

http://www.maxthon.com

[Nomad559]

6. Try the

MSN Search Toolbar
http://desktop.msn.com

About the MSN Search Toolbar
http://search.msn.com/docs/toolbar.aspx?t=MSNTbar_CONC_AboutMSNToolbarSuite.htm&FORM=ATSP&v=02.00.00

:)

[Lindsay]

7. I heart Firefox, but if you use Windoze,

here's a whole page of freebie pop-up blockers:

http://www.ded.com/nonags/popup.html

Nonags is my favorite free software site; I've found their ratings to be pretty accurate and their downloads virus-free (although of course I check 'em anyway).

[ghostsofgiants]

11. What does Windows have to do with anything?

Firefox is available for Windows.

[Nite Owl]

8. Google works pretty well

Have to download the toolbar. Yahoo toolbar has one too but it's a bit aggressive in the blocking so sometimes I have to disable it. The only popup I get is getting onto DU now.

[Dhalgren]

9. Thanks, everybody! You guys are the best!

[eleny]

10. Firefox browser!!!

[McKenzie]

12. I have never needed to use a pop stopper

just disable JavaScript and ActiveX too if you are using IE...both are potentially lethal. Pop ups (and pop unders) need JavaScript and dialers use ActiveX to install themselves.

OK, many sites use these scripts in a benign way but, quite often, they are used maliciously. I hardly ever enable JavaScript, even when I'm running Opera, and ActiveX is never allowed to run if I use Internet Exploiter. And note, the developers of Firefox didn't code ActiveX into the proggie because of the risk it poses.

So I don't need a pop stopper and I only enable JavaScript on sites that need it after looking at the source code of the web page. That's not foolprooof because it's possible to call up the pop up from another server...so it won't show up as such in the source code...

I always switch off JavaScript, prior to d/loading e-mails, in case an attachment slips past my security.

Sigh, the net mirrors r/l...full of nasties.

edit: grammar

[FuzzySlippers]

14. Your last comment is dead on.

[TreasonousBastard]

13. the secret is Opera...

more secure than any other browser, and had tabs and popup blockers while Mozilla was still in the egg.

And, no extensions or other bullshit to get it working right.

[LaurenG]

15. I want to say Firefox too,

Since I started using it I'm pop up free!

[TreasonousBastard]

17. Firefox is fine, and...

I use it. It has been a bit oversold, though.

Opera is somewhat more secure and doesn't need the extensions to work the good stuff. The skins can be fun, too.

[Chicken Girl]

16. I use Firefox with Adblock + NoScript,

which enforces a whitelist policy for javascript.

Those poor popups never saw it coming.

Banner ads are all but extinct too. :woohoo: