pop ups ON AOL

JOSEPH21 · #1 Feb 10, 2003, 08:03 AM

HELLO;

CAN ANYONE HELP ME , WITH THOSE ANNOYING POP UPS , DID EVERYTHING , WENT 2 PREFRENCE , ALSO CALLED AOL , E-MAIL THEM ETC

NOTHING IS HELPING , MY PROBLEM , I GET MANY OF THEM ALL DAY .

VERY ANNOYING , EVEN POP UP WHEN I TYPE , AND CAUSE'S ME TO STOP , CAN'T TYPE , LETTERS WON'T TYPE ,

ANY INFO ,

THANK YOU

JOEY

speedball1 · Feb 10, 2003, 08:30 AM

Hi Joe, Panic Ware has a Pop Up Stopper out that really works. Just click on this link or paste it up on your address bar; http://www.panicware.com/index.html I have it on my computer and it stops em dead. Tom

hopeless · Apr 4, 2004, 12:00 PM

Hi or try "stop the messenger " that works for me .

hopeless · Apr 4, 2004, 12:08 PM

Sorry its "shoot the messenger " hopeless by name hopeless by nature

psi42 · Apr 4, 2004, 07:55 PM

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author=JOSEPH21 link=board=consumer_electronics;num=1044885800;sta rt=0#0 date=02/10/03 at 09:03:20]HELLO;

CAN ANYONE HELP ME , WITH THOSE ANNOYING POP UPS , DID EVERYTHING , WENT 2 PREFRENCE , ALSO CALLED AOL , E-MAIL THEM ETC

NOTHING IS HELPING , MY PROBLEM , I GET MANY OF THEM ALL DAY .

VERY ANNOYING , EVEN POP UP WHEN I TYPE , AND CAUSE'S ME TO STOP , CAN'T TYPE , LETTERS WON'T TYPE ,

ANY INFO ,

THANK YOU

JOEY

I'm not sure how difficult it is to get a third party browser to work with aol, but you could try mozilla, which can block almost all pop-ups, and with a little tweaking, banner ads as well.

~psi42

P.S.
Your CAPS LOCK is broken. Please fix it.



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