Opinion on Pop-Up Blocker...

I'll second Firebird as a great pop-up blocker.

I use Norton Internet Security as the first line of defence and the Google Toolbar to catch anything that slips through. In 6 months it's caught 58 that NIS didn't catch.

Firebird all the way, plus it reduces problem with IE interactivty with the OS.

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Originally posted by TeeDub
Firebird all the way, plus it reduces problem with IE interactivty with the OS.

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Can you explain a bit how it helps?

I like Mozilla's builtin blocker.

I use avant browser..

No installation on demand. When it needs (or a website calls for) something to be installed, Mozilla just chokes and says "Would you like to install this plugin?"

Keeps websites from installing dialers, running some of the activex installs, and anything else that IE will just run quietly in the background and not tell you about. Helps cut down on the spyware that gets installed "by accident."

Thanks TeeDub.

Hello,

I use Pop Up Killer 5.0.1.4 I downloaded it years ago from Indigo Rose Corporation. They sold it to another company and now you have to pay to get it. It works beautifully in all windows O/S from 95 to XP. Uses extremely low resources and blocks a ton of junk. Only problem is sometimes you need a pop up window to come up and then I have to shut it off. Other than that 0.0 problems!! Do a search it may still be downloadable! :D

I downloaded Google from http://toolbar.google.com/ a week ago.
I have had no pop ups since
Great!

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I use Pop Up Killer 5.0.1.4 I

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I _LOVED_ that program! It caught everything, and what few things it didn't catch, you could add with just a couple of clicks and it was gone. But as you said, the author stopped updating it and it became pay-for under a different name.

Google Toolbar is unobtrusive, but it still lets a few through, especially pop-unders.