OT: no popup utility?

A couple of months ago someone posted here about an utility that killed all those anoying 'and now a word from our sponsor' pop-up screens while surfing. Anyone know what it was called and where to find it? And yes, I tried Google.. :) Andre

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> A couple of months ago someone posted here about an utility that > killed all those anoying 'and now a word from our sponsor' pop-up > screens while surfing. Anyone know what it was called and where to > find it? > And yes, I tried Google.. :) > > Andre

Greetings, Try AdSubtract from http://www.adsubtract.com HTH, Mick. Those that dream, cannot do Those that do, cannot dream I have done, now I dream... --- This message is virus free... So there! Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.291 / Virus Database: 156 - Release Date: 25/10/01

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:47:52 -0000, "Mick" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Try AdSubtract from http://www.adsubtract.com > >HTH, > >Mick. Cool, thanks, no more popups for me while surfing those porn- err newspaper sites! Andre

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> On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:47:52 -0000, "Mick" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Try AdSubtract from http://www.adsubtract.com > > > >HTH, > > > >Mick. > > Cool, thanks, no more popups for me while surfing those porn- err > newspaper sites! > > Andre

Hi Andre, No probs. Try the free one first and see how you get on. I paid up and think it's well worth it :-) Cheers, Mick. Those that dream, cannot do Those that do, cannot dream I have done, now I dream... --- This message is virus free... So there! Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.291 / Virus Database: 156 - Release Date: 25/10/01

I use Pop Up Killer, a handy program that resides on the taskbar as you surf . Has some good features and has certainly worked OK for me. Go to http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller/download.htm to find out more about the latest version. Dav_Erb "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> A couple of months ago someone posted here about an utility that > killed all those anoying 'and now a word from our sponsor' pop-up > screens while surfing. Anyone know what it was called and where to > find it? > And yes, I tried Google.. :) > > Andre

I use http://www.popupstopper.net/ which works like a charm for me. Stops *all* popups and new windows. You can enable/disable the program by double-clicking the tray icon, and disable the blocking for a single click by holding ctrl or shift whilst clicking. Very nice. /Jens "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> skrev i en meddelelse news:[email hidden]...

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> A couple of months ago someone posted here about an utility that > killed all those anoying 'and now a word from our sponsor' pop-up > screens while surfing. Anyone know what it was called and where to > find it? > And yes, I tried Google.. :) > > Andre

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 20:45:07 GMT, "David Erb" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I use Pop Up Killer, a handy program that resides on the taskbar as you surf >. Has some good features and has certainly worked OK for me. Go to >http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller/download.htm to find out more >about the latest version. >Dav_Erb Thanks, I'll give that one a try. I tried the other utility but that program doesn't seem to work, I still get the adds, allthough the popup windows are blanc now. But that still means I have to manually close those empty windows each time I click on a pictur.. on a newspaper article. Andre

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> >"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> A couple of months ago someone posted here about an utility that >> killed all those anoying 'and now a word from our sponsor' pop-up >> screens while surfing. Anyone know what it was called and where to >> find it? >> And yes, I tried Google.. :) >> >> Andre > >

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 00:28:07 +0100, "Jens H. Kruuse" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I use http://www.popupstopper.net/ which works like a charm for me. Stops >*all* popups and new windows. You can enable/disable the program by >double-clicking the tray icon, and disable the blocking for a single click >by holding ctrl or shift whilst clicking. Very nice. > >/Jens And thank you too :) Andre

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> >"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> skrev i en meddelelse >news:[email hidden]... >> A couple of months ago someone posted here about an utility that >> killed all those anoying 'and now a word from our sponsor' pop-up >> screens while surfing. Anyone know what it was called and where to >> find it? >> And yes, I tried Google.. :) >> >> Andre > >

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> A couple of months ago someone posted here about an utility that > killed all those anoying 'and now a word from our sponsor' pop-up > screens while surfing. Anyone know what it was called and where to > find it? > And yes, I tried Google.. :) > > Andre >

I use PopNot: http://www.hdsoft.com/popnot/ -- Skotty Flynn http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 19:57:40 -0500, Skotty Flynn <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>In article <[email hidden]>, >[email hidden] says... >> A couple of months ago someone posted here about an utility that >> killed all those anoying 'and now a word from our sponsor' pop-up >> screens while surfing. Anyone know what it was called and where to >> find it? >> And yes, I tried Google.. :) >> >> Andre >> > >I use PopNot: >http://www.hdsoft.com/popnot/ >-- >Skotty Flynn >http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com

I tried the one Jens recommended and it works brilliant, you can turn on a warning sound if a site wants to show a popup screen - everytime when I hear that sound I have that great 'forget it you bastards, NO POPUPS ANYMORE ON MY COMPUTER!' feeling :) But for the rest I'm quite normal. Andre

[email hidden] (Andre Warringa) writes: > I tried the one Jens recommended and it works brilliant, you can turn > on a warning sound if a site wants to show a popup screen - everytime > when I hear that sound I have that great 'forget it you bastards, NO > POPUPS ANYMORE ON MY COMPUTER!' feeling :) > But for the rest I'm quite normal. Will it also remove banners/ads and other irritating stuff? -- -asbjxrn

On 31 Oct 2001 09:47:48 +0100, [email hidden] (Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad) wrote:

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>[email hidden] (Andre Warringa) writes: > >> I tried the one Jens recommended and it works brilliant, you can turn >> on a warning sound if a site wants to show a popup screen - everytime >> when I hear that sound I have that great 'forget it you bastards, NO >> POPUPS ANYMORE ON MY COMPUTER!' feeling :) >> But for the rest I'm quite normal. > >Will it also remove banners/ads and other irritating stuff? >-- > -asbjxrn

As long as the banner is showed in a popup menu, yes you won't see them anymore. It simply blocks -every- popup meny. Having the warning sound on can be handy, since some sites show information in a popup-screen (like www.bhmotorsports.com for example). In that case you simply keep the shift-key pressed while clicking on an url, or you temporarely disable the no-popup utility by clicking on it on the taskbar. Simple and very effective utility. No more irritation while visiting www.alphaf1.com :) Andre

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > I tried the one Jens recommended and it works brilliant, you can turn > on a warning sound if a site wants to show a popup screen - everytime > when I hear that sound I have that great 'forget it you bastards, NO > POPUPS ANYMORE ON MY COMPUTER!' feeling :) > But for the rest I'm quite normal. Cool, works the same as PopNot. I had trouble finding one that I liked, as many of them did not have a hotkey to allow the popup. As well, some of them would not allow a link to open in a new window like some websites are configured to do. -- Skotty Flynn http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com

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> I tried the one Jens recommended and it works brilliant, you can turn > on a warning sound if a site wants to show a popup screen - everytime > when I hear that sound I have that great 'forget it you bastards, NO > POPUPS ANYMORE ON MY COMPUTER!' feeling :) > But for the rest I'm quite normal. > > Andre

Know that feeling. :-) Glad to be of assistance to you on your quest for po... news. /Jens