Does anyone know of a free popup blocker i can download?

Answer 1

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

whenever questions like these are asked people always just recommend getting Firefox (which isn't a bad idea) - BUT nine times out of ten the source of the "popups" is actually the result of spyware/adware on the computer

The question probably would not be asked otherwise

I suggest you do basic malware scanning/cleaning...

You do want to disable your Windows System Restore before cleaning, otherwise the virus can resurface thru the restore files. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310405

if you do a search for the name of the malware there will sometimes be a tool available to clean the specific malware. you also should do general cleaning.

all of these are free:

Run CCleaner first (just run it with the default settings). You'll get a better idea what infections you have when running anti-spyware scans. http://www.filehippo.com/download_cclean…

Spybot: http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html
set it up as shown here: http://www.phpbbserver.com/stevie19605/v…

Also scan with Ad-Aware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_a…

AVG Anit-spyware: http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/…

I've heard others recommend this app instead of Spybot and Ad-aware, you might want to give it a try first: http://www.superantispyware.com/

Also, Javacool Software's SpywareBlaster for resident protection: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb…

You can get BitDefender as an on-demand virus scanner:
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en…

You don't want to run two resident anti-virus programs but using one as an on-demand scanner is fine.

Avast! http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht…
AVG Anti-Virus: http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/…

Kaspersky online scan:
http://usa.kaspersky.com/products_servic…

also see:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti…
http://www.spywareinfo.com/

more extensive general malware removal instructions:
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.…
_

Answer 2

Download Mozilla Firefox and use the built in one there and add on Ad-Block Plus

Source(s):

http://www.mozilla.com

Answer 3

avg anti spyware ad-bot and theres a couple others you should try googling it lol

Source(s):

google.com

Answer 4

Both Mozilla FireFox and Opera are the Internet Browsers with inbuilt Pop up Blocks.......

Answer 5

It depends on what browser you use the most. For Internet Explorer, a good free choice would be the Google Toolbar. You can download that at http://toolbar.google.com. If you wanted to go the extra mile for a better web experience overall, I would highly recommend downloading Mozilla Firefox from http://www.mozilla.com. Once installed, you can download the Adblock Plus Extension from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865, which will not only block popups but almost any kind of web advertisement based on a definitions list it downloads daily. I use Firefox and Adblock plus, and have never seen any ads on Facebook, Myspace, or Yahoo, so it's worth a shot =)

Source(s):

http://toolbar.google.com
http://www.mozilla.com
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

Answer 6

Get firefox 3 it's the safest browser there is, the addons let you block pop ups, scripts , flash ads and more.

If you have ie get a toolbar with a popup blocker like google toolbar or crawler toolbar. crawler toolbar warns you which websites are good and bad

http://www.crawler.com/products/toolbar.…

Answer 7

If you are using IE update it to 7 and you will not need anything else. If for some reason you cant update to IE7 you can install the google toolbar or search for Pop up stopper free edition. They both will do fine.

Answer 8

fire fox blocks some pop ups

Answer 9

Go here and download the free version of this. To me it is a really good program.

Source(s):

http://www.panicware.com/