hpguru
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Re: More Pop-ups Lately With SP2 Popup Blocker
That first one isn't a pop-up. It doesn't use Java either. It is a scripted div/layer superimposed over the rest of the page but still very much a part of that page unlike a real pop-up/under. You must have opened that page in Mozilla/Firefox because that script is only supported by IE, Opera and Netscape 4.x. That's not to say it couldn't be coded to work in Mozilla so in this case the age of the script is what saved you.
Absolutely Proxo is the best content blocker but it's effective use is well beyond the understanding of most net users unfortunately. As effective as it is, disabling Javascript will remain the best alternative to preventing such annoyances because as I mentioned before, there is no limit to the ways these things can be coded. Write a Proxo filter that stops it today and any Javascript programmer worth his salts can create a new script your filter will not match.
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Bud4wiser
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Saint Louis, MO | Thanks for the tip.....
»www.auditmypc.com/proxomitron.asp
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hpguru
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| I wouldn't download it from them. Any one of the following 3 sources is trusted by the Proxo community at large.
»www.proxomitron.info/
»kyeu.hostingzero.com/paFileDB/
»castlecops.com/downloads-cat-19.html
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Bud4wiser
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Saint Louis, MO
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| The auditmypc website serves a corrupted file.
However, I downloaded "privoxy", just what is it doing? Sending all my web usage to auditmypc? It appears to be a "cookie" restrictor and "redirect shield"....
Does here anyone use it?
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jp10558
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| Privoxy is an OSS proxy that does something like proxomitron. Generally speaking, Proxomitron is often promoted over privoxy, but privoxy is still in development I believe.
Get privoxy from www.privoxy.org - do not use from another source. Always get the programs from a trusted source.
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hpguru
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said by Bud4wiser  :The auditmypc website serves a corrupted file. However, I downloaded "privoxy", just what is it doing? Sending all my web usage to auditmypc? It appears to be a "cookie" restrictor and "redirect shield".... Does here anyone use it? I tried Privoxy two or three years ago and while it is no piece of crap it is no Proxomitron replacement either. Not yet anyway. Actually there is another app on the horizon called Proximodo which I think will replace Proxomitron eventually.
»proximodo.sourceforge.net/
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Bud4wiser
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| You know, this thread is interesting in the sense that you have all these applications attempting to reign in all the exstensible features of the various browsers.
I had commented about MS attempt to increase security with the "zone settings" approach. (old thread) But like that interface, whats problematic is the actual operation of these apps. MS forces you to manually "add" sire to various vzones, either cutting and pasting - or typing.... What's worse, with all the sub domains, it's a mess....
As it has been mentioned, to really work a series of filters needs to be maintained and adjusted with these apps.
What "irks" me is that no one can depend on be alerted to what content is wanted or rejected.
I want a pure "HTML only" web, or at least a new "default" listing of how many browser extensions are required for a given website's homepage to display and work properly.
A "letter code" could be required for websites that demand you open your browser to scripting, asp, animation, etc...
But I digress......
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reinman60
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Red Lodge, MT
| Just stumbled onto this thread. Tried the four links that Instant Karma posted, just out of curiosity. With IE 6 three out of the four produced popups. Using Firefox (just installed it yesterday and getting to like it more and more) only the second link produced a popup. Just my two cents worth.
Does that mean that Firefox is three times better at blocking poppus than IE6? Cheers! |
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