Simviation Forum - Pop-up killer!

Feb 25^th, 2003 at 10:36am

Maccers Offline
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I'm getting real fed-up with these anoying pop-ups! Just because im playing FS or somthing, one appears from a background program and shuts the game down.
I already have a pretty rubbish one (free surfer II) which will close 1 in 10 popups.
Can anyone recomend a ad killer that actualy works?

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Reply #1 - Feb 25^th, 2003 at 10:44am

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There's a pretty good thread going on over here

http://help.lockergnome.com/index.php?act=ST&f=6&t=3480&s=444117dee9ddf42fc430e5...

I'm hesitant to recommend one because no matter what I say someone will say it sucks and his is 1000% better.

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Reply #2 - Feb 25^th, 2003 at 4:55pm

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on the subject, does anyone know how to get rid of those annoying messenger pop-ups that appear from no where even when msn isnt open. to many times have i spent hours on sim city4 without saving it only to have that happen and the game crash

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Reply #3 - Feb 25^th, 2003 at 9:33pm

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I hear ya i hate spam popUps

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Reply #4 - Feb 28^th, 2003 at 4:10am

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I'm getting real fed-up with these anoying pop-ups! Just because im playing FS or somthing, one appears from a background program and shuts the game down.
I already have a pretty rubbish one (free surfer II) which will close 1 in 10 popups.
Can anyone recomend a ad killer that actualy works?

Are you talking about popups while you are logged on the Net but idle?

I have used a few P.C.'s here and have never had an add or any undesirable pop up, unless I'm actually changing web pages. Something will come up along with the new page. Maybe it's not a big problem in Australia.

One thing that really annoys me is the unsolicited email I get. I can go into my email box to check responses to SimV forums but twice the number of emails are from sex places or quick money schemes etc. Is there something you can do to stop them?

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Reply #5 - Feb 28^th, 2003 at 4:47am

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i found recently if you unsubscribe from one or two of them the number you get drop a bit as they seem to all be interconnected

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Reply #6 - Feb 28^th, 2003 at 2:13pm

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....One thing that really annoys me is the unsolicited email I get. I can go into my email box to check responses to SimV forums but twice the number of emails are from sex places or quick money schemes etc. Is there something you can do to stop them?

Hi Bren...

I contacted my ISP to see if they could remove them at their end before sending them to me in Outlook Express.
No, they said, and told me to go to < Message > Block Sender for each one as I get them.
The trouble is the senders have got around that one by posting them with different names each time...
Today it's Angela@, tomorrow it's Melanie@, the next day it's Lucy@, and so it goes on... Cry

The only other way, as my ISP suggested, is to go to < Message > Message Rules and type different words in the menu which I object to in the incoming messages and the message will be dumped straight into the Deleted Folder, rather than the Inbox....(all looks a bit complicated to my feeble mind... Roll Eyes

....!

So every day I log-on I have to delete over a dozen of these un-solicited E-Mails..... Angry

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Cheers Mate...
Paul.
(England).

P.S. ...I really hate Angela, Melanie, Lucy, et al.....
LOL...!
P.P.S. I am very wary of posting a "Remove Message", or "Un-subscribe" post back to the sender as it confirms to them that your Address is active...!

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Reply #7 - Feb 28^th, 2003 at 6:44pm

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Fozzer is right, a recent test by PC Mag found that over half (i think it was like 56%) of all spam is just to see if somebody is at that address.....what most of them are doing, is using a program that randomly sends out e-mail to randam names, and if they here from you, they know their is someone at that address

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Reply #8 - Mar 1^st, 2003 at 7:45am

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...another thing I have done, (although it's probably a bit late now), is to remove ALL references to my E-Mail address in my Profile on all my registered Web Forums.
I've got a funny feeling that these aggravating sites are looking through my Profiles to get access to my Address..... Cry

...?
What do you reckon...?
I only tell my very best friends my Mail Address now.. Grin

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Cheers...
Paul.
(England).

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Reply #9 - Mar 1^st, 2003 at 3:54pm

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...another thing I have done, (although it's probably a bit late now), is to remove ALL references to my E-Mail address in my Profile on all my registered Web Forums.
I've got a funny feeling that these aggravating sites are looking through my Profiles to get access to my Address..... Cry

...?
What do you reckon...?

I used to do that for these forums (me... anywhere else? Wink

) but after changing my address 4 times and getting exactly the same stuff... i figured i might as well let the ones i know, know my email so they can send friendly spam to me Grin

LOL

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