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Old 13-10-04, 19:25   #1
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Old 13-10-04, 20:30   #2
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Have you heard of pop-up killer?
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Old 14-10-04, 19:40   #3
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LOL ELEN!!! Yes I have, but these ones r in the websites, and u have to choise to click them or not, so u can be bothered and annoyed by them, or simple just pass.
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Old 14-10-04, 19:53   #4
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i advice, Anubis: never click OK, Yes or No... better click the cross to close.
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Old 14-10-04, 19:57   #5
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I advise you get Mozilla Firefox browser, which blocks pop-ups very effectively. It's like a million times better than IE, I just can't recommend it enough
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Old 14-10-04, 19:58   #6
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It's that kind that u have no NO, they r lying, if u click anywhere in that box, it'll open a new window. But hey, thanks for the advice.
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Old 14-10-04, 19:58   #7
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I don't like Firefox personally, but there are other browsers that work fine too.
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Old 14-10-04, 20:00   #8
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When you see a popup, hit Ctrl + F4 and it will close it.

Be careful though, that will close any active program.
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Old 14-10-04, 20:09   #9
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Originally posted by Anubis_AF:
It's that kind that u have no NO, they r lying, if u click anywhere in that box, it'll open a new window. But hey, thanks for the advice.
Yeah, in many cases, the "X" is also fake, so when my Spybot Search & Destroy pop-up killer hadn't finished it already, i would close it by rightclicking on it on the system tray.
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Old 14-10-04, 20:13   #10
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Sadly, for all too many PC users, it's a case of:

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