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How To Block Pop-up Windows for Free

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Mozilla 1.3+ or Netscape 7.01+ | Opera | Safari 1.1+ | Pop-up-Blocking Freeware and Toolbars

Many resources in Web Links by Subject are commercial websites which generate pop-up and pop-under windows containing ads. This is how these sites pay their bills, but such pop-ups can be annoying when you are looking for information. For this reason, we include this page on Blocking Pop-ups and also identify in Web Links by Subject when a website has pop-ups.

Note: Unfortunately, the Internet Explorer (IE) browser currently has no internal settings for blocking pop-up ads. If you use the IE browser, you will have to install a program for blocking such ads or a "toolbar" which does the trick:

Mozilla 1.3+ or Netscape 7.01+


To Block Pop-up Windows:

  • "Edit" > "Preferences" in the dropdown menu
     
  • Expand "Privacy & Security" category
     
  • Select "Popup Window Controls"
     
  • Check the box next to "Suppress popups"
         -- Select the "Exceptions" button to add websites where you allow popups
     
  • You can also ask the browser to alert you to a blocked pop-up by playing a sound or displaying an icon in the Navigator status bar
     
  • Select "OK" to close the dialog box
     

Also: To Block Flashing Ads on a Page:

  • "Edit" > "Preferences" > "Privacy & Security" in the dropdown menu (or skip to next step if you are continuing from above)
     
  • Select "Images"
     
  • Under "Animated images should loop," check either "Once" or "Never"
     
  • Select "OK" to close the dialog box
     
Opera

 
To Block Pop-up Windows:

  • "Tools" > "Preferences" > "Windows" in the dropdown menu
     
  • Select "Pop-ups"
     
  • Select "Open requested pop-ups only" to block all unwanted pop-ups.
     
  • For the "Pop-ups" section you can instead opt to "Accept pop-ups," "Refuse pop-ups," or "Open pop-ups in the background"

Source: http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/opera/using/coolfeatures/
 

Safari 1.1+ : Mac OSX browser

  
To Block Pop-up Windows:

  • Select "Preferences" from the Safari menu
     
  • Select "Security"
     
  • Select the ''Block pop-up windows" check box

Source: http://search.info.apple.com/
 

Pop-up-Blocking Freeware and Toolbars -- Disclaimer

 
Free Pop-Up, Spyware, and SPAM Blockers and Resources -- Refdesk.com (external website)

 

This page last updated June 8, 2004 by Mike Sarhad

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