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PopUp Killer for the Mac?
the blue meanie
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March 21, 2002 2:38PM
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edited January 2014
There is a Windoze utility for blocking those oh-so-annoying popup ads. (I don't have the URL to hand but search under Popup Killer). Any Mac equivalents, asked The Blue Meanie hopefully?
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crawlingparanoia
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March 21, 2002 2:45PM
I don't know of any Mac utilities like that... but both OmniWeb and Mozilla let you block them if you want.
[ 03-21-2002: Message edited by: crawlingparanoia ]</p>
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stimuli
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March 22, 2002 4:47AM
Junkbuster works on OSX. It will block anything you want: cookies, ads, pop ups, fast refreshes, etc.
It's a 'proxy' server you install on your machine and start up. You change your browser to use
http: 127.0.0.1 port 8000
and voila.
<a href="
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118"
; target="_blank">
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118</a>
;
If you want I can post my junkbuster config online, or you can send me yours and I'll help you block stuff.
I've got it set to block pretty much all ads,, including MOSR, MacNN, AI boards, theregister.co.uk and more.
One nice side effect is that web browsing is faster; pages load quicker without the ads (esp the register!).
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sixthring
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March 22, 2002 9:11AM
[quote]Originally posted by stimuli:
<strong>Junkbuster works on OSX. It will block anything you want: cookies, ads, pop ups, fast refreshes, etc.
It's a 'proxy' server you install on your machine and start up. You change your browser to use
http: 127.0.0.1 port 8000
and voila.
<a href="
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118"
; target="_blank">
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118</a>
;
If you want I can post my junkbuster config online, or you can send me yours and I'll help you block stuff.
I've got it set to block pretty much all ads,, including MOSR, MacNN, AI boards, theregister.co.uk and more.
One nice side effect is that web browsing is faster; pages load quicker without the ads (esp the register!).</strong><hr></blockquote>
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sixthring
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March 22, 2002 9:12AM
[quote]Originally posted by stimuli:
<strong>Junkbuster works on OSX. It will block anything you want: cookies, ads, pop ups, fast refreshes, etc.
It's a 'proxy' server you install on your machine and start up. You change your browser to use
http: 127.0.0.1 port 8000
and voila.
<a href="
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118"
; target="_blank">
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118</a>
;
If you want I can post my junkbuster config online, or you can send me yours and I'll help you block stuff.
I've got it set to block pretty much all ads,, including MOSR, MacNN, AI boards, theregister.co.uk and more.
One nice side effect is that web browsing is faster; pages load quicker without the ads (esp the register!).</strong><hr></blockquote>
Could you email me your settings at sixthring@excite.com? Sorry about the previous bad post.
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stimuli
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March 23, 2002 5:48PM
Done!
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the blue meanie
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March 26, 2002 4:56PM
They do? I have Omniweb - how do you kill the pop-ups then? By switching off javascript?
[quote]Originally posted by crawlingparanoia:
<strong>I don't know of any Mac utilities like that... but both OmniWeb and Mozilla let you block them if you want.
[ 03-21-2002: Message edited by: crawlingparanoia ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
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[ 03-21-2002: Message edited by: crawlingparanoia ]</p>
It's a 'proxy' server you install on your machine and start up. You change your browser to use
http: 127.0.0.1 port 8000
and voila.
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118</a>
If you want I can post my junkbuster config online, or you can send me yours and I'll help you block stuff.
I've got it set to block pretty much all ads,, including MOSR, MacNN, AI boards, theregister.co.uk and more.
One nice side effect is that web browsing is faster; pages load quicker without the ads (esp the register!).
<strong>Junkbuster works on OSX. It will block anything you want: cookies, ads, pop ups, fast refreshes, etc.
It's a 'proxy' server you install on your machine and start up. You change your browser to use
http: 127.0.0.1 port 8000
and voila.
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118</a>
If you want I can post my junkbuster config online, or you can send me yours and I'll help you block stuff.
I've got it set to block pretty much all ads,, including MOSR, MacNN, AI boards, theregister.co.uk and more.
One nice side effect is that web browsing is faster; pages load quicker without the ads (esp the register!).</strong><hr></blockquote>
<strong>Junkbuster works on OSX. It will block anything you want: cookies, ads, pop ups, fast refreshes, etc.
It's a 'proxy' server you install on your machine and start up. You change your browser to use
http: 127.0.0.1 port 8000
and voila.
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118</a>
If you want I can post my junkbuster config online, or you can send me yours and I'll help you block stuff.
I've got it set to block pretty much all ads,, including MOSR, MacNN, AI boards, theregister.co.uk and more.
One nice side effect is that web browsing is faster; pages load quicker without the ads (esp the register!).</strong><hr></blockquote>
Could you email me your settings at sixthring@excite.com? Sorry about the previous bad post.
[quote]Originally posted by crawlingparanoia:
<strong>I don't know of any Mac utilities like that... but both OmniWeb and Mozilla let you block them if you want.
[ 03-21-2002: Message edited by: crawlingparanoia ]</strong><hr></blockquote>