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Pop-up Advertising And Spyware - Bad, annoying or good? how to prevent?

tillus
I had NEVER problems with spyware or something like that, I use

firefox, free

zonealarm (pers. is free)

ad aware (also free)

antivir (pers. free)

all that you can find at google smile.gif

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Dyth
Click on my signature and never have a problem again!

Seriously. If you aren't a complete newbie/idiot, Opera does it.

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MajesticTreeFrog
QUOTE (Dyth @ Feb 25 2005, 10:39 PM)
Click on my signature and never have a problem again!

Seriously. If you aren't a complete newbie/idiot, Opera does it.
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My one problem with opera is that it costs money unless you are willing to put up with the ads. Considering I left IE partly because of all the ads, and in light of the other free offerings, I don't see the point of getting opera.

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almoo7
Spyware Blaster
Lavasoft's Ad-aware Pro
Spybot: Search and Destroy

Those trio make up my adware/spyware defense. And together, they're working perfectly! I'm always assured that i'm spyware free as long as I update my spyware definitions.

For pop-ups, my Internet Explorer 6(with MSN toolbar activated[eliminates ALL popups by default] and the pop-up blocker integrated because of SP2 upgrade) does not allow any pop-up. Works better than firefox in terms of termination pop-ups, I still get pop-ups when I use firefox(even with its anti pop-up feature). I use them both though, they both have their own weaknesses and strengths. smile.gif

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PC Astray
QUOTE (MajesticTreeFrog @ Feb 26 2005, 10:43 AM)
My one problem with opera is that it costs money unless you are willing to put up with the ads.  Considering I left IE partly because of all the ads, and in light of the other free offerings, I don't see the point of getting opera.
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I have to agree as it is obviously true.Opera does prove itself as a first class browser to the online community but it is not a freeware since the free version comes with text-based or graphical ads.Furthermore, it does not have many features when compared to Mozilla Firefox with plugins and the ability for Firefox to block ads with AdBlock makes it a superior freeware alternative to Opera.

You can also try out Agnitum's Outpost Firewall which comes with an ad-blocking feature in both the free and paid version.

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