IP: solutions to stopping those Really Annoying X10 "pop-under" ads

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: solutions to stopping those Really Annoying X10 "pop-under" ads
>
> Dave (& IP):
>
> WSJ's Walt Mossberg devoted his column to this subject today,
> here's a SNIP for it:
>
> Looking for a Way to Dodge
> Annoying Pop-Up Web Ads?
> By WALTER S. MOSSBERG
>
> --SNIP--
>
> I've tried two programs that seem effective in stopping the pop-up windows,
> including the X10-type pop-under windows. Both run in the background the
> whole time you're on the Web, intercepting the annoying pop-ups.
>
> One, called Pop-Up Stopper, is a free utility from PanicWare Inc. in Seattle
> (http://www.panicware.com). It controls only pop-up windows. The other is an
> excellent $29.95 program I've recommended before, called AdSubtract Pro,
> from interMute Inc., in Braintree, Mass. (http://www.adsubtract.com). This
> program not only turns off pop-up and pop-under windows, but it can stop
> cookies, or let you review them, and strip all ads of any kind from Web
> pages. It also keeps a log of blocked ads, cookies and pop-up windows, and
> allows you to exempt whatever sites you like from the blocking process.
>
> In my testing, both programs worked, but Pop-Up Stopper also blocks the
> opening of many legitimate windows, and the opening of links from within
> e-mail, unless you hold down the shift or control keys. AdSubtract had this
> effect much less often.
>
> --SNIP--
>
> http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB992465284533105104.htm
> (WSJ Interactive $ubscription required)



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