My first serious thread in a while... its finally happened

[FalconGuy016]

Im pretty sure everyone knows those newish ads that appear annoyingly in the actual webpage you are trying to view. Fortunally, so far, they were all kind enough to include a "Close Window" button, or if they didnt it at least closed quickly. But I stumbled across the start of a very annoying chain of ads now (it had to happen sometime or another, the simpliest and meany thing to do, im pretty sure all you guys got some of the ads before I actually did, but now im sad that I was exposed to it )

See, when you click on "Clost Window" it still goes to the link

[Restola]

"Only you can prevent pop-up ads"

...by not purchasing anything from that company.

They exist because they work.

[shartley]

[FalconGuy016]

[Cope]

Speaking of pop up ads I have a question...
Have any of you got one of these full screen pop up ads that are impossible to close?
There is no corner to the ad on any side so there is no X to click and you can't close it by right clicking either.
I finally just give up and do an improper shutdown.
What do I do when one of these pop up?
Anyone know?

[Cliffio]

just hit "Ctrl" and "W"

that will close the current top window


Cliff

[FalconGuy016]

all of those I've seen usually if you scroll to the bottom there is a "Close Window" button, I hate those though

[Cope]

Thanks Cliffo!
It'll be a relief to finally be able to get rid of them.
Yeah FalconGuy,some of them have a CLOSE WINDOW option if I scroll down but these new ones that have been popping up for me lately don't even have that option and it was really making me mad,I was trapped in the damn window!
Now I don't have to worry about them anymore thanks to Cliffo.

[spazzed]

pop=ups suck. Period.

Have you seen the ones that are basically a screen cap?
I have no pitty for people who actually click on those things expecting them to close.

[Gunga]

I think 'Pop Up Stopper' is the program I use at home to stop those pop up ads from showing up. I'll doublecheck though. It kills the vast majority of the pop ups. It doesn't stop the small tiny ones that don't open in the 'traditional' IE windows though. But that may be because I haven't updated the program since I installed it early this year. I love it almost as much as I love my Mag.

http://download.com.com/3000-2366-10170069.html

[Trench]

Buy History Killer... It has a pop up killer built in, and everytime you close all the explorers, it deletes all history... No more erasing after porn

[FalconGuy016]

lol wth

anyways, who needs internet when you have kazaa dood

[spazzed]

Think about that for a sec...

If there were no internet, how would ppl get there hands on Kazaa to begin with? Hmmmm?

/me could go deeper

[MantisMag]

Originally posted by shartley

you underestimate the willingness of some people to buy/join whatever they see. if it pops up and looks interesting they click on it. those contests run from pop-ups get ludicrous numbers of entries. anything that offers something free will get clicked on. and certain kinds of merchandise can be sold through popup. you just have to know your audience. check out the xcam. there are large numbers of people who surf the internet who would love a "sliver" type setup. the xcam appeals to those people. that's why it sold well.

[FalconGuy016]

OMG SPAZZED !!! BAH
you didnt get it, read the post before and mine again, repeat that if nessessary