Popup Ad Answers
What are Popup ads?
Popup ads are windows opened without your request by a web page you are
viewing, using the JavaScript web scripting language. A few years ago only
the less reputable web sites used popup ads, but now even large, corporate
sites like aol.com, msnbc.com and yahoo.com are triggering popup ads in
visitors' web browsers.
Popup ads are triggered by some event at a particular web site: Entering,
leaving, clicking on text or a picture, or even closing a web browser
window can trigger popup ads. They may appear on some visits to a particular
web site and not on others, and they may be 'pop-under' ads, ads that load
a page beneath the page you're looking at so you don't see them until after
you close your current browser window.
Who is responsible for Popup ads?
The owner of the web site you are visiting controls the placement of popup ads.
You might want to consider notifying the administrators of such sites and
informing them that you're unhappy with their ads.
How can I stop Popup ads?
EMS Free Surfer mk II
is a blocker for Internet Explorer on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. We've used it
for a couple months here at SVN: It works well, and we've created a
setup guide for Free Surfer mk II.
There are many popup ad blockers available; they range in price and quality,
but most do a pretty good job at keeping popup ads at bay. Some popular
blockers for the Internet Explorer web browser are:
If you don't use Internet Explorer, the latest versions of the following web browsers include popup blocking/management capabilities;
