But that doesn??™t mean you can??™t take
matters into your own hands and stop the madness (more or less). In the old
days, all you??™d have to do is install a third-party pop-up blocker, and you??™d
be set. Today, all major browsers come with built-in pop-up blockers
(though some are better than others). The problem is that pop ups are no
longer limited to web sites, which means your anti-pop-up arsenal must
grow to keep up.
Although web-based pop ups are blocked by default in Internet Explorer,
you may want to make it more aggressive to block more pop ups. Open the
Tools drop-down, and select Pop-up Blocker ??? Pop-up Blocker Settings.
From the Filter level list, select High: Block all pop-ups, and then click OK.
Of course, some sites use pop-up windows for legitimate purposes, so you
may decide to exclude sites from the blocker from time to time to allow their
pop ups to work. Return to the Pop-up Blocker Settings window, type (or
paste) the URL of the site into the Address of Web site to allow box, click
Add, and click OK.
You can also allow pop ups on a case-by-case basis by clicking
the yellow information bar when it appears. And if
you??™ve selected the High: Block all pop-ups filter level as
described above, you can also press Ctrl-Alt when clicking
links to temporarily allow pop ups.
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Firefox also blocks pop ups by default. To permit pop ups from certain sites,
go to Tools ??? Options, choose the Web Features category, and click
Allowed Sites next to Block Popup Windows.
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