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Article #233Re: Software Firewall with popup blocker that actually works?
From: Phil Kyle
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:00
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:00
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"Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> verbally sodomised in news:3kt58dFvoj0pU1@individual.net: > > "Neil Barker" <neil@nemesis.nu> wrote in message > news:MPG.1d534d88efeadb45989830@127.0.0.1... >> In article <3ksogjF103nvkU1@individual.net>, gazter@msn.com says... >>> >>> "Neil Barker" <neil@nemesis.nu> wrote in message >>> news:MPG.1d53189e48a08e3d98982e@127.0.0.1... >> >>> > Pop-ups can be created in HTML, so that simply visiting that page >>> > opens a pop-up. That doesn't mean you're infected - unless you count >>> > having something like Windows whatever installed on your system. >>> >>> But ie6 (sp2) built in popupblocker will pick all them up without >>> blinking. >>> When you go to Amazon and it brings up a pop up, i dont have a problem >>> with >>> it, and i suspect very few others do. People get pop up blockers >>> because every time they go on the net they get dozens of pops up not >>> related to the >>> sites. They are infected. >> >> Jesus H. Christ. >> >> I really don't know how much simpler I can say this. >> >> YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE 'INFECTED' TO SEE POP-UPS. > > i know javascript and html code can trigger legit popups. IE6 (sp2) > popupblocker does a perfectly reasonable job of fixing this. Even with > no popupblocker, if your system is clean, pop ups are a rarity, unless > you are browsing warez and porn sites. > > If you are recieving none site specific popups, you are infected, FFS. > > Every time i have come across a PC with a third party pop up blocker, it > is not because they object to the odd one or two popups, but because > they are infected and are unable to use the internet with out one. > > Gaz >> FFS. >> >> -- >> Neil Barker > > I wonder why Neil hasn't replied to this. -- Phil KyleοΏ½ Uno Dos Tres Cuatro CINCO!!!!!! "Be very aware that my willingness to continue to criticise your sig is infinite." -- Neil Barker
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From: Phil Kyle <philkyle2003@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Software Firewall with popup blocker that actually works?
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:00:26 +0000 (UTC)
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