What do you use to kill pop ups

Yet another poll. I'm curious abt the number of people who actually use dedicated (one function or main function) pop up killers.

 

I figure using Adshield and a hosts file counts as a combination?
Regards,

Pieter

 

Popups, for me, are one of the most annoying things on the Internet, so I've compiled a little list to help others:

Some popup blockers.
All of these are 100% pure freeware, no trial periods. Some of these
do more than just handle popups.

Pow!: http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pow.htm
NoAds: http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
PopupEraser: http://www.webknacks.com/popuperaser.htm
Stop-the-Pop: http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/stopthepop/index.html
Internet Organizer: http://www.sf.yucom.be/wdprojects/
PopKi: http://ranfo.com/popki.html
PopUpPopper: http://www.bayden.com/Popper/default.asp
PopUpKiller: http://sourceforge.net/projects/puk/
AdCruncher Proxy: http://home.sprintmail.com/~dtrout/AdCruncher/ReadMe.html
KillAd: http://www.wplus.net/pp/fsc/
ClickOff: http://www.johanneshuebner.com/en/download.html
PopupBuster: http://www.popupbuster.com/PopUpBuster/
Free Surfer: http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
Window Shades: http://www.g-m-m.com/Software/WindowShades/index.php
AdShield (my personal favorite): http://www.adshield.org/
PopupStopper: http://www.panicware.com/popupstopper.html
Proxomitron (has learning curve): http://www.proxomitron.org/
For those who don't want third party stuff, your own pc's built-in host
file:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and
http://www.smartin-designs.com/ and http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/


Here is a review of 61 popup killers, not all of them are free:
http://www.popup-killer-review.com/index.htm

 

That's the problem with this type of polls (beyond the fact that there are more alternatives than I can list options), almost everyone "uses a combination".

Do Host files actually prevent the popup?

I was under the impression it would pop up, but would display a broken unloaded page..

I'm not sure I would want to download and use something specific to just kill popup though..

Adshield is nice (i've used it), but I don't think it's main function is to kill popups. Banner replacement and killing is another poll..

 

Here´s some more reading (and a similar poll) :

http://www.phoenix-inter.net/popups.php

Using the hosts file alone will never stop all popups since it does not block anything that is on the same server.

Regards,

Pieter

 

Hi Pieter,
I also use the hosts file, and I was wondering whether the hosts file provided in your link is more comprehensive than S. Martins host file.

Regards,
Douglas

 

Hi Douglas,

It appears to be a very old version of S.Martins hosts file.

Start quote

# This file has been configured by Gorilla for ad blocking
# It was last updated on July 6th, 2000 from the list by Stephen Martin
# Check the following websites for updates:
# http://www.smartin.addr.com/hosts1.html

End quote

Regards,

Pieter

 

Thanks very much Pieter. You sure answered my question!

Douglas

 

I use Spyblocker.I tried free popup killers but I like Spyblocker better.It stops a number of different nuisance/security threats.I guess it is a multi-function program but payware also.That's the only program I use for popups.No combos here.

 

Seriousl;y if you turn off actie x and active scripting (VB and javascript in particular) and java that should kill most popup ups.

ITjere are CSS popups but those are still rare.

IMHO the name of the game is to allow functionality wihile restrocting vulnerability.

If you "live like a monk" figuratively speaking , i.e use a plain text only browsers, don't accept html mail, don't download programs , etc, you don't really need that much security software.

Here's an example.

I'm often amused at the extent users of outlook for example take to secure their email, with regards to web-bugs

Some people block outlook from accessing remote port 80 using a firewal. Others use third party mail proxies to strip off offending html ,.

The ",monk" approach would be too simply not accept html mail OR better uet move to something more secure to Thebat!, poccomail or pegsaus

On the other hand if you like to live dangerously, then you definitely need protection.

 

I'm now trying Avant Browser (with build-in popup killer).

For IE i use this: http://www.devhood.com/tools/tool_details.aspx?tool_id=268

 

I use Google Toolbar:

http://toolbar.google.com/

 

just use proxo default and it does the job

 

If I'm using IE, then it's Adshield that blocks pop ups. I' m starting to use Mozilla now, so I use it's built in pop up stopper to kill them.

 

i use popup manager , website is http://www.endpopups.com
it is quite accurate in blocking popup
however, i feel that the number of illegitimate popup windows now decreases, compared to two years before
maybe webmasters realise that having popup wont do any good for the surfers

 

I use IE-Spyad which I installed prior to purchasing ZoneAlarm Pro. But, I have ActiveX controls & Javascript turned off however, some sites will request that I turn them on and I have a choice as to whether or not I wish to comply. ZoneAlarm Pro has a built in pop-up killers - end result no pop-ups but sometimes the occasional ads [depends where I surf] will line up like little soldiers at the bottom of my taskbar waiting for me to open them. I simply right click my mouse on each, and close them without viewing or them ever appearing on my screen. The latter also happened before installing ZAPro.

 

I'm using the Google toolbar with pop-up killer, works fine for me.

 

Tried nearly all of the Pop/stops, eventually dumped them after a while.

Now it's just me and my "Killer Mouse".....we're a Team.

Cochise.

 

I use IE-SPYAD and i was wondering if i could get an update on Stephen Martin's host files, IE-SPYAD comes with his file but when u go 2 his home page it says that he does not make host files anymore. So is there some were else i could get adult blocking host files.

 

Hi there

When riding Opera, well... no need for further comment.

Otherwise, I let WebWasher do the job.

When experimenting with other browsers, I still use ATGuard - still such an amazingly useful soft', even with the firewall option disabled.

Rgds, Crockett

 

http://www.myie2.com/

voted for the opera/mozilla option but right now I'm using MyIE2,wich is like AVANT and SLIM Browser a IEshell with more options and plugins.

grtz,

 

There are dozens of sites offering hosts file for download. These 3 are fairly popular.

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
http://asp.flaaten.dk/download/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=2
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/

etc etc

Do remember to block verisignfinder if your isp hasnt patched it;s dns server.

 

Here is one of the sites I use http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm

 

I am running the avant browser and it has a built in popup stopper. It seems to work just fine I don't get any popups