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Old 08-21-2005, 05:45 AM   #1
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does this site have popups now?

im using firefox with popup blocking turned on and whenever i visit this site i get either a smiley popup or recently a free ipod popup. is it just me or is anyone else getting these?
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Old 08-21-2005, 07:03 AM   #2
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I occasionally get them... it's just your computer doesn't block the site that is doing it
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Old 08-21-2005, 11:43 AM   #3
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Running AdSubtract Pro here... all I can say is ... what's a popup?
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Old 08-21-2005, 01:07 PM   #4
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Running FF with AdBlock, and as mentioned above: what's a popup?
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Old 08-21-2005, 01:38 PM   #5
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does adblcok block popups aswell, i thougth it blocked images/frames in websites not popups
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Old 08-21-2005, 02:06 PM   #6
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It does for me. The very few popups I had were easily blocked by adding an "/*" after the sites name, such as:
www.popupsite.com/*

It works well.
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Old 08-21-2005, 02:09 PM   #7
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I'm using FireFox 1.0.6 without a third party pop-up blocker (only the built in one) and I haven't gotten any pop-ups from this site.

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Old 08-21-2005, 04:24 PM   #8
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Running Firefox and the beta of Pop-ups must die.
It's been awhile since I've seen any.
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Old 08-21-2005, 05:27 PM   #9
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i always get the same pop up when i come to this site
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Old 08-21-2005, 08:04 PM   #10
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Same.... it's a screensavers one for me, used to be an ad for dual Xeon servers. I'm not worried enough about it to actually do something, I don't care
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Running Opera...what's a pop-up?
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Old 08-22-2005, 01:55 AM   #12
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Funny...I wonder why I'm not getting any pop-ups? I get them when I'm at work when using IE, but not at home with FireFox. I wonder if any of the spyware blockers I use have anything to do with it?

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Old 08-22-2005, 02:26 AM   #13
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Running IE6 with XP PRO SP2 and the Yahoo toolbar with pop-up blocker, and no pop-ups here.
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Old 08-22-2005, 02:40 AM   #14
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Funny...I wonder why I'm not getting any pop-ups? I get them when I'm at work when using IE, but not at home with FireFox. I wonder if any of the spyware blockers I use have anything to do with it?

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I think your spyware blockers have something to do with it cause im using firefox and i always get that same anoying pop-up
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Old 08-22-2005, 03:09 AM   #15
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running IE, and yes I do get pop-ups sometimes. But if Im not logged on then I get one asking if I want to subscribe to the news letter.
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