Best Pop Up Blocker that doesn't crash the browser?

[Kelemvor]

Howdy all,

I haven't used a Pop Up Blocker on my current PC beacuse on my last PC (Win 98) I couldn't find one that worked very well. They always seemed to crash the browser randomly or have other problems.

My current PC is running XP Home w/ IE6. I'm looking for two categories...

1) What is the Best Pop Up Blocker there is. (Catches most windows, least crashing, etc)

2) What is the best blocker that's Free?

Thanks.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Mozilla works nicely, no plugins needed

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

My favorite is called PopUpCop. I think they have a free thirty-day trial and maybe a free crappier version that you can keep if you need those.

When links open in new windows it almost never acts like they are popups and closes them like another program I tried called Popup Stopper did.

PopUpCop has lots of features too, check it out.

 

[VBboy]

AdSubtract is THE best one. Ads, popups, java, even javascript. I've been using it for over a YEAR now. Rock solid.

And check out my Flash Disabler, too

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
My favorite is called PopUpCop. I think they have a free thirty-day trial and maybe a free crappier version that you can keep if you need those.

When links open in new windows it almost never acts like they are popups and closes them like another program I tried called Popup Stopper did.

PopUpCop has lots of features too, check it out.

popupcop rocks. been using it since ... a bit now.

 

[Bulldog13]

Opera

Though it does pull tricks with certain websites.

 

[Nothinman]

Mozilla, it's worked perfectly since I first tried it. All the popups I need work and all the annoying ones never make it to me.

 

[Doh!]

MyIE

 

[JZilla]

PopUpStopper

No problems here, there is a free version even.

 

[theAnimal]

Proxomitron blocks popups, cookies and much more.

 

[CrowDog]

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
My favorite is called PopUpCop. I think they have a free thirty-day trial and maybe a free crappier version that you can keep if you need those.

When links open in new windows it almost never acts like they are popups and closes them like another program I tried called Popup Stopper did.

PopUpCop has lots of features too, check it out.

popupcop rocks. been using it since ... a bit now.

 

[WannaFly]

AnalogX comes to rescue!

I use POW!. Its SIMPLE, and easy, and doesnt interefere with ANYTHING. Its free, all of AnalogX's software is.
POW! Kills windows by their title. I've been using it for about a year and its great..

Link

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Mozilla works nicely, no plugins needed

Yup

 

[elzmaddy]

The best one I have used is Zero Popup 4.0. When you open up IE, ZeroPopup appears in your tray, blocking popups, ads, etc, whatever you like. The whitelist feature is good. If you want to see popups, you can simply close the icon and Zero Popup won't come back until you restart IE. Unfortunately, it's $24.95. !

 

[JonTheBaller]

AnalogX's POW!

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Mozilla works nicely, no plugins needed

 

[Jayczar]

Originally posted by: johnnytightlips
AnalogX's POW!

 

[DaMutha]

I have had very good luck with PopNot, and have used it with no problems under both Windows 98 and XP.

 

[conjur]

Used to use POW! but got tired of having to add pop-ups to the list all of the time (esp. the way that stupid X-10 camera changes its title so often).

Pop-up Stopper for me now!

 

[viper118]

i too use popup stopper and i haven't had any problems with it for over a year now.. very easy to use and it's free...

 

[VicodiN]

Free Surfer...
Can be found on zdnet.com...

 

[Biggs]

Another vote for Pop-Up Stopper.

 

[TheWart]

Originally posted by: conjur
Used to use POW! but got tired of having to add pop-ups to the list all of the time (esp. the way that stupid X-10 camera changes its title so often).

Pop-up Stopper for me now!

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: JZilla
PopUpStopper

No problems here, there is a free version even.

I use it too, but sometimes its a pain in the ass to hold down CTRL when you wanna see a single popup or even if you wanna open another instance of your IE window (popup stopper only allows 1 instance, and blocks the others unless you press ctrl)

 

[vash]

Mozilla is definitely great, but if you need IE, I would go with privoxy.

vash