[OT] Popup Windows, Spying Cookies, etc.
Rose
are nothing but commercial advertisements? Especially the
blankety-blank things for those spy cameras that really should be
illegal IMO? Is there a program that will take care of this? I'd also
like to know if there is something that can take care of people getting
ahold of your email address that you don't want known. (My ND account
is getting all kinds of junk mail and I don't use it except for ND
related stuff.
HELP!!!
Rose
RockScorpion
"Rose" <rosefl...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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I use PopUp Killer from http://software.xfx.net/products/utilities.htm
It's worked pretty well for me, and certainly lives up to it's name.
As for keeping keeping stuff private I use and recommend McAfee's "Internet
Guard Dog". You can set it to warn you if particular info, such as Credit
card numbers e-mail addy, home addy and other personal stuff is about to be
sent over the internet, it pops up every time I send an e-mail using my
"home" e-mail but it's worth it for the peace of mind.
And if you buy the full Office suite you get the Virus checker, a personal
firewall etc.
Other alternatives might be Norton Utilities, but I haven't tried that one
so I don't really know how it compares. I can only recommend what I use on
my PC!
There are a few Personal Firewall programs out at the moment, so it's pretty
much a case of hunting around and finding the one that suits you best.
Hope this helps.
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page. I don't know any programs to get rid of them, but I'm sure there are,
somewhere.
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t.a. barnhart
off the site; seems it caused all kinds of problems with internet explorer. on
the plus side, it's being distributed for open source contributions, so there
is hope it may reappear in a form that is not only stable but platform
independent (i.e., works on mac).
the pop-ups are getting worse, too; i've gotten 4 or more at a time. very
annoying. if people would simply never, ever, ever buy from these people, it
might stop them.
ha.
Paul Hilling
http://www.webwasher.com stops webbugs, pop-ups, pop-unders, filters adverts
from webpages themselves (put's a blank space there instead)... I use it
and swear by it. User friendly as well.
Not so user friendly but more versatile is Proxomitron (dunno what the
website is but google.com should know).
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Matt Schalit
>>"Rose" <rosefl...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote...
>
>>Can anyone tell me how to get rid of those annoying popup windows that
>>are nothing but commercial advertisements? Especially the
>>blankety-blank things for those spy cameras that really should be
>>illegal IMO? Is there a program that will take care of this? I'd also
>>like to know if there is something that can take care of people getting
>>ahold of your email address that you don't want known. (My ND account
>>is getting all kinds of junk mail and I don't use it except for ND
>>related stuff.
>
>http://www.webwasher.com stops webbugs, pop-ups, pop-unders, filters adverts
>from webpages themselves (put's a blank space there instead)... I use it
>and swear by it. User friendly as well.
I didn't know about that one, Paul. Thanks for posting it.
I've tried POW, which, like Batman, kapows anything it doesn't like
that you've specified in advance. I guess they couldn't spell Xena's
ayayayayayaya :)
POW is not all that great because popup windows still appear for a very
short time, but it's really fulfilling to see them powed out of existence.
Knowadays, though, the Mozilla 0.9.9 web browser has checkboxes
to enable/disable all the annoying things Rose mentioned. It's worked
flawlessly for a month now on my Win box, and I'm once again in control
of my own computer. Still I emailed Yahoo and told them I'm not coming
back after emailing Google to thank them profusely.
All I had to do was uncheck "Allow websites to open unrequested
windows." That stops those javascript tricks.
Get the goods at http://www.mozilla.org/ because it's the opensource
replacement for Netscape Navigator.
I think Opera has the same capability, but I haven't tried it.
Regards,
Matthew
Rose
>
> >"Rose" <rosefl...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote...
>
> >Can anyone tell me how to get rid of those annoying popup windows that
> >are nothing but commercial advertisements? Especially the
> >blankety-blank things for those spy cameras that really should be
> >illegal IMO? Is there a program that will take care of this? I'd also
> >like to know if there is something that can take care of people getting
> >ahold of your email address that you don't want known. (My ND account
> >is getting all kinds of junk mail and I don't use it except for ND
> >related stuff.
>
> http://www.webwasher.com stops webbugs, pop-ups, pop-unders, filters adverts
> from webpages themselves (put's a blank space there instead)... I use it
> and swear by it. User friendly as well.
>
> Not so user friendly but more versatile is Proxomitron (dunno what the
> website is but google.com should know).
>
work. I know it asks about proxy servers and I asked our guru here
about them but he said that ND doesn't have any. Can you help me set it
up?
Rose
RockScorpion
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> you need to check your links before posting them. pop-up killer has been
taken
> off the site; seems it caused all kinds of problems with internet
explorer. on
> the plus side, it's being distributed for open source contributions, so
there
> is hope it may reappear in a form that is not only stable but platform
> independent (i.e., works on mac).
>
Funny, I've never had any (visible) problems and I've been running it with
IE6 for at least two months now, I got it off a PC mag. Is there anywhere
where I could look up what the problems are?
Forewarned is forearmed :)
> the pop-ups are getting worse, too; i've gotten 4 or more at a time.
very
> annoying. if people would simply never, ever, ever buy from these people,
it
> might stop them.
>
> ha.
Considering how many people complain about them it's a wonder that they get
enough buyers to make them worthwhile :(
t.a. barnhart
reluctantly, but after too many people reported a variety of problems.
you're using ie6, which most people are not (i think; isn't 5 the most common
version still?). maybe it's ok with webwasher. the author did not say the
problems were universal, anyway, just too common.
Data
I've been using a little freeware program called Pop-Up Stopper (note the
slightly different name from the other utility discussed earlier in this
thread), and you can get it at http://www.panicware.com/
Works great in Windows 98, and I also use it on a Windows XP system - have had
no problems whatsoever. Says it works with Internet Explorer and Netscape,
although I only use it with IE.
Data
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Rose
>
> i got the info from the webwasher website. the author has pulled the product,
> reluctantly, but after too many people reported a variety of problems.
>
> you're using ie6, which most people are not (i think; isn't 5 the most common
> version still?). maybe it's ok with webwasher. the author did not say the
> problems were universal, anyway, just too common.
>
URL for the site?
Rose
Rose
Rose
Rose
Okay, I checked it out and downloaded it. But it doesn't like letting
me open up a link in another window. Guess I'll have to check with tech
support on that one.
Rose
Rose
I found my answer!!!
Rose
Aethelrede
>you need to check your links before posting them. pop-up killer has been
taken
>off the site; seems it caused all kinds of problems with internet explorer.
on
>the plus side, it's being distributed for open source contributions, so
there
>is hope it may reappear in a form that is not only stable but platform
>independent (i.e., works on mac).
>
>the pop-ups are getting worse, too; i've gotten 4 or more at a time. very
>annoying. if people would simply never, ever, ever buy from these people,
it
>might stop them.
It amazes me that people do.
All the intrusive jerkoffs trying to sell their junk or get people to
their websites must be braindead: they piss people off the first time they
suck you to their site or fill your screen with their commercial crap, and
then do it over and over and over again, filling newsgroups and email
in-baskets over and over, and don't realise that they are driving away
people who just might possibly have responded positively to a more open and
honest form of advertising.
But if they had brains they'd be doing something other that trying to
sell junk over the Internet.
David Baldock
Hello there,
The Opera 6.01 Browser http://www.opera.com has "Quick Preferences"
(F12) that can be set to: 1) Accept pop-up windows
2) Refuse pop-up windows
3) Open pop-up windows in background
The Zone Alarm Pro 3.0.091 Firewall http://www.zonealarm.com has a
very effective Privacy Control and Banner Ad Blocker. It even blocks
the ads in the menu bar of the free version of Opera!
Using this combination works well for me. When I have to launch
IE 6 to view web pages that use non-standard Microsloth ;^) extensions,
I end up wishing it had the "Refuse pop-up windows" feature. The same
goes for Netscape 6.
I don't work for, or receive any consideration or compensation from
Opera or Zone Alarm. I recommend them because I like their products.
Hope This is Helpful,
David Baldock
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Florian Blaschke
"Aethelrede" <æthel...@worldnot.att.net> schrieb...
> All the intrusive jerkoffs trying to sell their junk or get people to
> their websites must be braindead: they piss people off the first time
they
> suck you to their site or fill your screen with their commercial crap, and
> then do it over and over and over again, filling newsgroups and email
> in-baskets over and over, and don't realise that they are driving away
> people who just might possibly have responded positively to a more open
and
> honest form of advertising.
My thoughts exactly. What pisses me off especially is the impudence of the
following sort of annotation:
"Note: This email was sent to you because this email address was entered in
on a website requesting to be a registered subscriber. The email address was
then verified and the agreement confirmed by someone responding from your
email address that required confirmation of registration. This is a double
opt-in list and can NOT in any way be construed as spam."
The heck don't tell _me_ what spam is and what not! It's unsolicited bulk
advertisement mail and that's exactly what is commonly called spam. You
can't define that away. I didn't enter my own email address in on your
fucking website and from my address, no confirmation at all was sent, after
all, *I*'ve gotta know that.
Moreover, some of these annotations refer to a spam paragraph which is only
a bill and not at all valid law. To Tartaros with those annoyers!
> But if they had brains they'd be doing something other that trying to
> sell junk over the Internet.
Of course.
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Violet
"Rose" <rosefl...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for bringing it up. It seems that during this past week, the popup
windows have tripled and they are more than just a little invasive. In many
cases the images are active and moving all around the original screen,
obliterating the printed words for a few seconds. I had AdSubtract
installed for a while on my computer but I wasn't sure if that was just
going to mess up things even more. It did, however, seem to cut down on the
ads and then around a week ago, it seemed to be fighting a storm of ads that
even it, couldn't keep up with. What gives? Oh yeah.... that one for the
stupid spy camera has a life of its own as does the "Casino on Net".....
... Vi
Violet
"Data" <data...@aol.comlink> wrote in message
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Thanks Data..... I downloaded it yesterday and I haven't had a single pop-up
since(not yet anyway <g>) It's much better than AdSubtract.... again, "so
far"..... ;~)
..... Vi
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oh, and the spyware game is about to get very interesting
check out the article at zdnet:
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2859775,00.html
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