need good pop-up blocker, not a tool bar

[nightwalker]

anyone know of any free pop-up blockers? Not just the Google tool bar thing.

[papershot]

Mozilla Firefox.

[nightwalker]

what's funny is that I'm using Firefox, but I'm still getting pop-ups. What gives?

[papershot]

Ever try Maxthon (the new MyIE)? I use Firefox and Maxthon and never get popups. Maybe its all those porn sites?

Scan your comp for spyware using adaware/spybot/norton/whatever program.

[KiDyNomiTe]

never have gotten a pop up in firefox. The only way to get them is by allowing the site to give you popups. Or if you have somethign like weatherbug or somethign that is connected to your internet, they cause pop ups randomly.

[rainier]

i think you have spyware/adware/malware

[Twinkie]

Use stop-the-pop-up Lite. hella works. you can even adjust how secure you want it. works everytime for me. but, sometimes, the new popups may leak, but not a lot.

or you can get avast! Antivirus...or Adware 6. they get rid of pop ups permanently.

oh yeah, and quit using internet explorer. most of the pop ups are made for internet explorer, so no matter waht, some sites will give you crazy ass pop ups. go download Mozilla. Since ive been using it, NEVER had a problem of pop ups.

[radhaz]

Ive been using firefox since it was called pheonix in the beta stages as my primary browser and have had less than one dozen pop-ups. I highly doubt it's your browser and would side with kid on the matter, if you dont already have Adaware and Spybot you might want to look into installing these to rid your pc of malware.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
http://security.kolla.de/

Good luck

[BSeay]

like they all said you probably have spyware/adware/malware on your comp...i would download and run

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

im using foxfire now and i havent gotten any pop ups what-so-ever...

[SilviaDriver]

i use IE and have upgraded to windows SP2..i dont even have to scan my comp with adawrea becuz id ont even get popups

[tsunami0ne]

sorry buddy, sounds like you definitely have spyware on your computer. time to reformat :/

[90RS13]

i use IE and have upgraded to windows SP2..i dont even have to scan my comp with adawrea becuz id ont even get popups

Yeah, I have SP2 also, and use it's pop up blocker. I never get any.

[papershot]

is SP2 buggy? I've heard lots of bad stuff about it.

[nightwalker]

OK, so I installed Norton 2005, ad-aware pro + adwatch, and still some popups are getting by. Hmmm.... Gonna need some work.

[G_Fish240]

is it the popups from your browser or windows popups, maybe try a program called Hijack this

[90RS13]

is SP2 buggy? I've heard lots of bad stuff about it.
I haven't had any problems. I run a AMD athlon XP 2600 w/ barton core, DFI motherboard, 1 GB Geil ram, Seagate 120 GB 7200 rpm HD, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro,Thermaltake cpu heatsink and fans. I use my computer mainly for recording music. I also play lots of games. Like I said I haven't had any problems. Some people might, but I know that none of the guys I work with w/ SP2 have problems from it, cause we were talking about it, last week. Also, I don't know of anyone at work having problems and we're on a network that serves at least 5,000 computers w/ SP2. (it's an Air Base)

Again, it may be buggy, but I haven't seen that.