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Re: Pop-up Prevention


From: Jason Richardson <A00JER1 () WPO CSO NIU EDU>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:14:46 -0500

Ditto Firefox's integrated pop-up blocker and Yahoo or Google Toolbar
for IE. Adaware and then Spybot Search and Destroy for spyware removal.

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Jason Richardson
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Northern Illinois University
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giacobbej () MAIL MONTCLAIR EDU 7/14/2004 3:51:11 PM >>>
Mozilla's Firefox browser (still in beta, but already faster, more
stable, and more secure than IE) also has excellent pop-up
blocking/management features.

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Jeff


Eric Pancer wrote:
Can anyone recommend a solution >that would prevent an infestation
of pop-ups. We've implemented the >use of several different
utilities >to prevent such stuff from >showing up with minimal
success. >I'm searching for a more robust >solution.

Mozilla's pop-up blocker  works wonders, as well as Safari on a Mac.

- Eric

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