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redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 471
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 10:44 am: |     |
I keep getting this pop-up on my hotmail. When the page comes up it takes the entire screen and does not give me an option to close the pop-up add down. There is no tool bar on the top or bottom of the screen. The only way I have been able to get rid of it is shutting down my computer. Any suggestions? |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 3313
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 11:33 am: | |
Two suggestions:
1. Try installing a pop-up blocker.
2. Switch to a different e-mail provider. |
Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 7661
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 11:36 am: | |
Isn't there a "block pop-ups" option in your browser? |
sbenois
Citizen
Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 11504
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 8:25 pm: | |
Oy. Here we go again.
1. Get a pop up blocker.
2. Please download a copy of Spybot Search and Destroy. Run it in Safe mode. Post results here.
3. Consider switching to a new browser (like Firefox) |
viva
Citizen
Username: Viva
Post Number: 503
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 10:09 pm: | |
Try hitting Alt and F4 simultaneously to kill em. |
Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 7675
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 11:38 pm: | |
On a Mac, this is how it works.
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sbenois
Citizen
Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 11508
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 11:56 pm: | |
New ipods out today... |
Earlster
Citizen
Username: Earlster
Post Number: 375
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 8:32 am: | |
This is how you do it on a PC, Linux or Win the same. |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 3580
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 2:09 pm: | |
Norton Internet Security includes a virus checker and a software firewall. They roll in a pop-up blocker, an ad blocker, and lots more. I can't even see the ads here on MOL, and I want to. I'll eventually figure it out. This is money ($70) well spent, and I'm getting a $20 rebate. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 3346
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 5:02 pm: | |
Tom:
Are you sure you aren't using the "no ads" version of MOL? |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 3602
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 5:08 pm: | |
Yes, Joan, I'm sure. I can toggle "ad blocking" in Norton Internet Security. When I do that, I reload the MOL page, and I get an add if ad blocking is off, not not if it's on. There is away to allow ads from particular domains, but I haven't figured out exactly how to configure it yet. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 3348
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 5:14 pm: | |
Sounds like a great feature. |
jamie
Moderator
Username: Jamie
Post Number: 591
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 6:55 pm: | |
Yeah, I just installed Norton internet security. Screwed up my whole network set up - what a pain!
I was suprised that it was able to black out the banner ad images, since it's a home grown script. I'm going to attempt to rewrite things so it can't block them.
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jamie
Moderator
Username: Jamie
Post Number: 592
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 8:09 pm: | |
Tom,
You should be able to see the ads now - I tweaked it some. |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 3603
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 10:46 pm: | |
Oh no! An arms race! ;-)
I can see some of the ads. |
Soda
Citizen
Username: Soda
Post Number: 1609
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 9:28 am: | |
Not to muddy the waters, but I use a free blocker called PopSubtract, which is toggleable and doesn't screw up any other s/w.
http://www.intermute.com/popsubtract/
Hope this helps.
--s. |
ReallyTrying
Citizen
Username: Reallytrying
Post Number: 468
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - 12:43 pm: | |
Just want to add there is great virtue in knowing keyboard commands. Then, when a popup window with no toolbar or X to click invades your screen, you don't have to shut down, but can get rid of the invader. All you need to do is either:
ALT, F4,
or
ALT, spacebar, c
There are loads more; see them at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/s upport/kb/articles/q126/4/49.asp&NoWebContent=1
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Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 3649
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - 1:09 pm: | |
Ctrl-W will close a browser window. Sometimes, some of the ads are so aggressive, you practically have to lean on Ctrl-W to kill the ad windows, because they spawn so quickly. And then if you do, there's the danger of closing a window you really want to be open. |
Just The Aunt
Citizen
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 82
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 9:39 am: | |
Tom
I agree about Norton Internet Security. I just upgraded to it a few months ago. Got mine for FREE, after the rebates from Staples!!!
There are ads on the MOL message boards? I don't ever recall seeing 'pop-ups,' though in the past couple of weeks I have notices banner ads across the top. I just ignore them. |
tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 3030
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 4:10 pm: | |
IE is poison. Get Mozilla or Firefox. Since I switched I get zero popups, zero Activex controls, no registry changes or browser hijack attempts, and no adware or spyware. You'll be amazed at how nice it is to have your browser do exactly what you ask it to do -- display a web page -- and nothing more.
On the Mac side, IE is finished, unsupported, totally over. Use Safari. |
Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 7858
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 4:35 pm: | |
Mac users can also use Camino (what I'm using now).
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/camino/ |
flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 214
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 3:08 am: | |
Ad-aware is a good thing to have on your computer. You can get it from cnet downloads (download.com).
I dig Mozilla. |
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