In article <ntibjvgkupfeqtnp1qigq4tggipnlr9cia@4ax.com>,
gail@melbpc.thinkcarefully.org.au says...
> Quoth Aaron <aarontaycheehsien@yahoo.com>:
>
> >"Some popup blockers.
> >All of these are 100% pure freeware, no trial periods. Some of these
> >do more than just handle popups.

> (list snipped) I have tried some of these. Some of them turned out to
> be shareware - after they were installed.

Which ones? I don't do the list mind you, i'm just curious.

None of them worked. I
> didn't try all of them. Perhaps they are optimised for Win XP?

I doubt that. I'm not using XP anyway.

The following i have trialed and AFAIK they work fine

Popup manager
popthis!
adshield 1.2
killad

There are others which i have seen recommended by far too many people to
think that they don't work or are shareware.


> >Those blacklists are meant to be a additonal line of defence, ideally the
> >popup blocking logic of the program should stop most.
>
> True, but it beats me why anyone would want to live with the misery of
> having to stop surfing to manually add yet another popup to their
> list. :-) A true popup blocker should do it automatically.<snip>

They do it automatically, except for those that they don't recognise,
that's the point! If they knew those were popups not wanted by the user
they would hardly need a blacklist would they? Some even offer
whitelists, to let popups through.

> >I'm betting most here use either proxomitron (or perhaps proxvy,webwasher
> >etc) and/or the default popup blocking functions of their browsers.
>
> I actually tried Proxomitron, but I didn't like it because I couldn't
> turn it off when I wanted to and it stopped the animation of smileys
> on my favourite message board. <snip>

On the system tray, click on the icon, then click bypass to temporary
turn off proxomitron. or better yet add the url of your favourite
message board to the bypass list or turn off the filter that stops
animation.


>But I think there is something fundamentally wrong with a
> popup blocker that can't work without drastically interfering with the
> user's surfing experience.

That's because proxomitron is much more then just a popup blocker.
It is far more verstile then any popup blocker espically if you know
enough of proxomitron filtering syntax and http to create your own
filters.

But if you want a popup blocker ONLY then this is not what you need.


> Some may want all animations turned off. I just want a very simple
> product that does its job simply and well. :-)

Proxomitron is not really for beginners or people not willing to spend
some time studying it. But most people here don't fall into that
category. Hence it's popularity.

Proxomitron is more of an all round security software product, then just
merely popup blocking, though it does do that excellently out of the
box.

PS Another good group to ask for freeware alternatives is
alt.comp.freeware


> Gail
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