How to stop popups that use macromedia flash?

[Bronxkid]

I've been using popup stopper by panicware but it is useless against the popups that appear on a webpage and cover what you're trying to read. I know you can adjust the settings in internet explorer to disable script active x but that causes a error or warning everytime you go to the webpage that has the popup. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[Nohr]

Firefox + Adblock extension does the job for me. I'm afraid I don't know how you'd do it with IE.

 

[CTho9305]

Mozilla + Flash Click To View does the job for me (I find Firefox a PITA).

 

[Bronxkid]

Thanks guys, I'll give one of them a try.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: Nohr
Firefox + Adblock extension does the job for me. I'm afraid I don't know how you'd do it with IE.

:beer:

Firefox = g00d.

 

[monzie]

Originally posted by: Bronxkid
I've been using popup stopper by panicware but it is useless against the popups that appear on a webpage and cover what you're trying to read. I know you can adjust the settings in internet explorer to disable script active x but that causes a error or warning everytime you go to the webpage that has the popup. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Use either:

The Proxomitron.....an amazingly poweful tool that does a lot more than just block ads.....

http://www.spamblocked.com/proxomitron/

or

Privoxy.......another great tool similar to proxomitron but with less options (which is no bad thing considering that the Proxomitron has possibly too many possible configurations...)

http://www.privoxy.org/

Both free, both great neither is better than the other (if your a 'fiddler' go with Proxo). Follow install instructions to get IE (or whatever) to go through a Proxy Server (localhost) and within minutes you will wonder how you ever survived without using one of them.