Ad Blocking

[MarkR]

Hello,

I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but if it
isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads that you
see while surfing the internet. I'd really rather not have to purchase one
of those programs that do this for you unless that is the only way. I'm
hoping that someone in this group will know how to do this without
purchasing an ad-blocking program. Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Mark

[hoody]

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"MarkR" <JollyOne25@stny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:be28od$hqki$1@ID-186332.news.dfncis.de...
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but if it
> isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads that
you
> see while surfing the internet. I'd really rather not have to purchase
one
> of those programs that do this for you unless that is the only way. I'm
> hoping that someone in this group will know how to do this without
> purchasing an ad-blocking program. Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>

I use the Proxomitron, their website seems to be down. You could try the new
google toolbar with popup blocker, but some people may tell you that google
spys on you, that I wouldn't know. http://toolbar.google.com/

[YK]

hoody wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
> "MarkR" <JollyOne25@stny.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:be28od$hqki$1@ID-186332.news.dfncis.de...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but
>> if it isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up
>> ads that you see while surfing the internet. I'd really rather not
>> have to purchase one of those programs that do this for you unless
>> that is the only way. I'm hoping that someone in this group will
>> know how to do this without purchasing an ad-blocking program.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mark
>
> I use the Proxomitron, their website seems to be down. You could try
> the new google toolbar with popup blocker, but some people may tell
> you that google spys on you, that I wouldn't know.
> http://toolbar.google.com/

I use the Google toolbar and have been for quite a while now. The spying
is only to gather stats on popularity on Web sites. This is configurable
and can be turned off. The pop-up blocker is in the beta release and
works very well.

Proximatron is way too complicated but lots of people like it. The author
got upset at some criticism and has stopped support.

I prefer the HOSTS file method discussed in this forum where Proximatron is
discussed also.
http://asp.flaaten.dk/proxo/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=20

[little johnny]

"MarkR" <JollyOne25@stny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:be28od$hqki$1@ID-186332.news.dfncis.de...
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but if it
> isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads that
you
> see while surfing the internet. I'd really rather not have to purchase
one
> of those programs that do this for you unless that is the only way. I'm
> hoping that someone in this group will know how to do this without
> purchasing an ad-blocking program. Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>

http://www.endpopups.com/index.html

We use Popup Manager. Down load from link. Set it and forget it.

[siljaline]

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 17:55:20 -0400, "MarkR" <JollyOne25@stny.rr.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
> I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but if it
>isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads that you
>see while surfing the internet. I'd really rather not have to purchase one
>of those programs that do this for you unless that is the only way. I'm
>hoping that someone in this group will know how to do this without
>purchasing an ad-blocking program. Thanks in advance.
>
>Regards,
>Mark
>
HOSTS and AdShield are my first line of defense against ads, malicious URL's and
drive-by's.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/adshield.htm

Freeware AdShield is *still* free for the taking, old version _but_ supports new
block file, http://www.fsd1.org/technology/download.asp [Look for the link].

Back that all up by running Ad-aware and SpyBot on a **regular** basis.
http://www.lavasoft.de/ http://security.kolla.de/



HTH


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[MarkR]

"siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 17:55:20 -0400, "MarkR" <JollyOne25@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but if it
> >isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads that
you
> >see while surfing the internet. I'd really rather not have to purchase
one
> >of those programs that do this for you unless that is the only way. I'm
> >hoping that someone in this group will know how to do this without
> >purchasing an ad-blocking program. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Mark
> >
> HOSTS and AdShield are my first line of defense against ads, malicious
URL's and
> drive-by's.
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/adshield.htm
>
> Freeware AdShield is *still* free for the taking, old version _but_
supports new
> block file, http://www.fsd1.org/technology/download.asp [Look for the
link].
>
> Back that all up by running Ad-aware and SpyBot on a **regular** basis.
> http://www.lavasoft.de/ http://security.kolla.de/
>
>
>
> HTH

I have gator, and that's full of all that stuff. I'm not getting rid of
that so I guess I can't run the adware and spyware stuff.

Mark

>
>
> --
> siljaline
>
> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable
from
> -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time."
> - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[Bufferoverflow1]

I like good ol' Webwasher.


http://www.webwasher.com/client/down...tml?lang=de_EN

It's an outstanding proxy filter. I have Proxomitron, but it's not quite at the
level this one is.

[Whoever]

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, MarkR wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but if it
> isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads that you
> see while surfing the internet. I'd really rather not have to purchase one
> of those programs that do this for you unless that is the only way. I'm
> hoping that someone in this group will know how to do this without
> purchasing an ad-blocking program. Thanks in advance.

Download and install Mozilla. It is a very good browser, tabbed browsing
is great! And it has a very effective and configurable popup blocker built
in. Finally, it's free

[Jay T. Blocksom]

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 17:55:20 -0400, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "MarkR"
<JollyOne25@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but if it
> isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads that
> you see while surfing the internet.
[snip]

Step 1: <http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html>

Step 2: <http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/start/>

Step 3: Edit | Preferences | General
[ ] Enable Java <--- Be sure this is *NOT* checked
[ ] Enable Javascript <--- Be sure this is *NOT* checked

That should get you started.

--

Jay T. Blocksom
--------------------------------
Appropriate Technology, Inc.
usenet01[at]appropriate-tech.net


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

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[Tim Smith]

In article <be28od$hqki$1@ID-186332.news.dfncis.de>, MarkR wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but if it
> isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads
> that you see while surfing the internet. I'd really rather not have
> to purchase one of those programs that do this for you unless that is
> the only way. I'm hoping that someone in this group will know how to
> do this without purchasing an ad-blocking program. Thanks in advance.

I believe some browsers have pop-up blocking built in, so you could get one
of those browsers. Also, since most browser spyware requires IE, as a side
effect of changing browsers, you'd have a more secure system.

--
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--Tim Smith