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


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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_