OT question - pop up stopper

[Cigarskunk]

Sorry for the OT question, but I was pretty sure that someone had posted a link to some free pop up stopper software on this group a while back. My harddrive had died a bit ago and I haven't been able to find the site again - could someone please post or repost the link to the site?

Many thanks!

[Wyrdlan]

www.mozilla.org

[Aoladari Raveynfyre]

www.panicware.com

there is a free download for "pop up stopper" it's ok.. gets about 90% of the annoying bastards.

[KakarSmakar]

I've heard that sometimes these programs cause problems with EQ, has either of you who posted these links had problems? Thanks.

[Ngreth Thergn]

Mozilla is a web browser that has the option to block popups He was jsut advertising his favorite browser

[Aoladari Raveynfyre]

Never had a problem having it on while on EQ.

I have it load up everytime my computer turns on and go directly into EQ with no hassle.

[KyrosKrane]

I use Panicware's Pop-up Stopper myself, and while I love the program, it has one annoying side-effect that you may not expect: it will auto-close ANY new Internet Explorer window that may open, <i>even if it's you double-clicking the icon on your desktop!</i> So if you use it and find yourself completely unable to start IE, it's likely that you have it activated.

One time, I forgot the program running after I'd ended my browsing session and closed all the IE windows. A friend tried to use my PC to browse the 'Net. He was utterly befuddled when everything he tried to do to open IE resulted in zilch.

[Minta Rose]

I run POW! from AnalogX, even while running EQ. Every new popup window you have to flag manually, but it's easy to remove accidental adds to the database.

[Doomspark Deathfire]

I use CrazyBrowser's front-end that wraps around IE. It's available from www.crazybrowser.net (might be .com; not sure).

It works fairly well; I've only run into one problem with it... it sometimes will close windows that you WANT open. Since it wraps around IE, it picks up all your favorites, internet settings, etc.