Pop-ups — advertising windows that pop up over or under other windows while
we use the Internet — have become more and more annoying as the Web has grown.
Internet Explorer, the most popular browser, does not yet include pop-up
blocking, though Microsoft has recently said it will be included in its next
Internet Explorer service pack. Many people believe the problem of pop-ups will
disappear if pop-up blocking becomes a default component of Web browsers.
Meanwhile, however, those little windows can remain a real annoyance.
Here are some options for dealing with pop-ups.
Commercial Products: Software can be purchased to block pop-ups.
Products such as Pop-Up
Nuker , Ad-aware Plus , and PopUpCop (www.popupcop.com)
offer pop-up blocking, in addition to other abilities. Ad-aware Plus, for
example, checks your computer for spyware, and Pop-Up Stopper provides browser
cleaning to erase your surfing history, browser history, cache, and cookies.
Toolbars: The free Google and Yahoo! Companion toolbars, which can be
added on to Internet Explorer for search functionality, also provide optional
pop-up blocking. These are easy to turn on, they include a counter on the
toolbar if you'd like to track how many pop-ups have been blocked, .
The Downside of Blocking Pop-Ups: Some Web sites use pop-ups to
provide you with additional information. For example, some sites use pop-ups to
show a table of contents etc.
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