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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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i know sweet f a about computers and dont really want to but these damn pop up things just wont stop
im on aol broadband (yes i know ) which has pop up blockers switched on and pop ups are blocked on internet explorer aswell but im constantly getting them ! They appear to be coming through from internet explorer but its set to block all . can any1 shed any light on how to stop the damn things please.
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 01:51 PM
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http://www.filehippo.com/download_google_toolbar/

Top right click on "download lastest version"

Its free and should do the trick
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 03:48 PM
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Mozilla Firefox... great browser blocks pop ups by default
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 04:00 PM
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Yeah if you dont mind downloading Firefox and using another browser then get it, that will definatly cure your problem, its what i use and ive never had popups for years

If you dont want to download and use another browser then download Googletool bar from above
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 11:21 AM
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Open Internet Explorer, click on tools, pop up blocker, then e sure turn off pop up blocker isn't ticked.

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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by brad
i know sweet f a about computers and dont really want to but these damn pop up things just wont stop
im on aol broadband (yes i know ) which has pop up blockers switched on and pop ups are blocked on internet explorer aswell but im constantly getting them ! They appear to be coming through from internet explorer but its set to block all . can any1 shed any light on how to stop the damn things please.
so i figure hes checked that dan
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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Thanks chaps been running google toolbar for nearly 10 minits and so far so good , would normally have had half a dozen in that time . fingers crossed
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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Sorry, didn't see that bit
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