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Hello one and all...where can I get a great pop-up blocker without adding more spy-ware to my puter. I did have a blocker a bit ago but it also came with alot of bugs.
thank you in advance.
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You can also invest in something like norton internet
security package (or other like packages) that come with
antivirus/firewall/popup blocker .
Norton does that take a heavier usage on system resources
then other programs but....
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>Hello one and all...where can I get a great pop-up
blocker without adding more spy-ware to my puter. I did
have a blocker a bit ago but it also came with alot of
bugs.
>thank you in advance.
>wendy
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I use Hitware Popup Killer lite available from rightutilities.com
It seems to do a good job for free.
 
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Hello
I find that downloading a good spyware remover and running on a regular
basis(1 or 2 times a week) results in no need for a blocker. Some people
might disagree so you can try it either way.
Blockers
http://toolbar.google.com/
or
http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/misctools/fwpopblock.shtml

Ad-Aware Download, Update & Run
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
or
http://www2.palsol.com/spyrem_offer/index.html?hop=linkbarter

Research & Downloads
http://www.wilders.org/index.htm

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Not a MS-MVP
Not nothing just a good ole boy..;)
"wendy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello one and all...where can I get a great pop-up blocker without adding
more spy-ware to my puter. I did have a blocker a bit ago but it also came
with alot of bugs.
> thank you in advance.
> wendy
 
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Hi Wendy,

Wait for Service Pack 2 to come out (shouldn't be too much longer). Until
then, try the spyware-free google toolbar:
http://toobars.google.com

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"wendy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello one and all...where can I get a great pop-up blocker without adding
> more spy-ware to my puter. I did have a blocker a bit ago but it also came
> with alot of bugs.
> thank you in advance.
> wendy
 

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wendy wrote:
> Hello one and all...where can I get a great pop-up blocker without adding more spy-ware to my puter. I did have a blocker a bit ago but it also came with alot of bugs.
> thank you in advance.
> wendy
Try a new browser- firefox and thunderbird for your mail
www.mozilla.org
I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
-max

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Totally, the latest Norton Internet Security
(http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/) product seems to work pretty good
but on one of my slower machines, the resulting lag of speed is unbearable.
Still, in this day and age you really should be running a firewall and an
antivirus solution at least. I have a hardware router/firewall personally.
I run Mcafee (http://www.mcafee.com/) on my workstation at work and it seems
okay with minimal slowdown on the system. My friend is running N.I.S. on
his machine and he loves it but the ad blocking can remove certain items
from the page and you can't get them back. As others have suggested, I have
used the Google tool bar (http://toolbar.google.com/) for regular popups and
now I am using Super Ad Blocker (http://www.superadblocker.com/) for the
flying ads and ad banners that so many pages have now. Just my $.02

T.J.

> You can also invest in something like norton internet
> security package (or other like packages) that come with
> antivirus/firewall/popup blocker .
> Norton does that take a heavier usage on system resources
> then other programs but....