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mac pop ups

  • 28-12-2008 7:58pm
    #1
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭


    Recently i have been getting a lot of pop ups on my mac for everything from US green card applications to poker websites and everything in between. I use Surfthechannel.com and notice i get the poker and green card pop ups esp when on STC.com. However i seem to be getting more pop up when on regular sites such as boards etc. Anyone have any idea what i can do.

    cheers


Comments

  • #2
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Use Firefox and Adblock


  • #3
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,698 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    What browser are you using?

    In Safari there's an option to block pop up windows.


  • #4
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    cheers guys. using safari. If i use fire fox will i have to download any kind of virus protection as i have been led to believe that firefox is more of a PC based browser so while i have it on my mac i dont use it.

    Oh and have the pop-up blocker on all the time. I also noticed that when i am on a website that has a image gallery that i sometimes get redirected to a google search page with similar links to the pic i was looking at. So for instance if i was on a band page and clicked on a pic of the band i would be directed to a search page on google.
    You will have to excuse my ignorance on this issue and the messy structure of my post(trying to watch Top Gear while doing this)


  • #5
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,698 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Pithhelmet will block ads and pop ups on Safari as well.

    http://www.culater.net/software/PithHelmet/PithHelmet.php


  • #6
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    There is also Adblock for Safari - it works great for me:

    http://safariadblock.sourceforge.net/


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  • #7
    skywards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭skywards


    I personally adore opera. I also have an older ibook that makes firefox run slow as heck and I can't find a version of safari for it, so I'm biased :D. But no pop-ups, and it (on mine anyways) is probably 4x faster than firefox. Me likey :p


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