Wat are pop-up blockers? Is it gud to enable them?

Answer 1

Pop-up ads or pop ups are a form of online advertising on the World Wide Web intended to increase web traffic or capture email addresses. It works when certain web sites open a new web browser window to display advertisements. The pop-up window containing an advertisement is usually generated by JavaScript, but can be generated by other means as well.

A variation on the pop-up window is the pop-under advertisement. This opens a new browser window, behind the active window. Pop-unders interrupt the user less, but are not seen until the desired windows are closed, making it more difficult for the user to determine which Web site opened them.

Thus you need a good pop up blocker

Opera was the first major browser to incorporate tools to block pop-up ads; the Mozilla browser later improved on this by blocking only pop-ups generated as the page loads
or you can use a "Google tool bar" or a "Yahoo tool bar"

Answer 2

have you ever been searching the web and had an annoying ad open in a new window or "pop-up"? pop-up blockers stop these ads. I have about 3 running in conjuction (because im too lazy to sort out my various toolbars and anti-virus software) but i'd say they were always a good idea.

sometimes you might actually want a pop-up, for example whe you click on a link that will open up n a new window - this isnt a problem as most pop up blockers give you the option to temporarily allow pop-ups or to allow pop-ups from particular sites.

Best of luck ad safe surfing :)

Answer 3

Yes, it is good to enable pop-up blockers. A pop up is an ad from a website that will come up in a different window while you are surfing the net. A pop up blocker blocks them. Make sure you get a pop-up blocker from a reliable source such as Yahoo or MSN. Good luck!

Answer 4

In most of the cases its good to enable pop up blocker, as the are just advertisement spopin out of the main page.
But some time when u download some thing it also come up as pop up window at that time u must allow pop up windows(ther is optio n f or that).

U can choose google tooolbar with popo up blocker from here that comes bundled up with
1. Ad-Aware SE Personal - Antispyware utility by Lavasoft
2. Norton AntiVirus 2005 Special Edition - Antivirus utility by Symantec
3. RealPlayer - Media player ·
4. Picasa - Photo organizer
5. Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar
6. Google Earth - 3D Earth browser
7. Adobe Reader 7 - PDF readerAdobe Systems


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http://www.download-software4free.blogspot.com/

its very good pack especially for people that have somewhat lesser computer knowledge

Answer 5

pop-up blockers should definately be enabled if you have them.
a pop up blocker stops websites from putting an instant advertisement onto your screen, called a pop-up.
the good thing about most blockers is that you have the option to turn it off and on for each individual site.
some web sites you visit need to allow popups for access to their material, like i said if you need to you can enable pop-ups from that site , but leave it on for the other sites.
hope that answered your question,
by the way i have yahoo popup blocker and it works just fine

Answer 6

Yes, it will stop all the pop-up ads that show up on your screen. Click tools at the top of the page, then-pop-up blocker, turn on pop-up blocker..

Answer 7

They block "pop ups" ...its pretty much junk ad's they block. This helps reduce your chances of receiving a virus. Yes there is a way to disable them. It all depends on the kind of "pop up blocker" you have.

Answer 8

good to enable pop-up blockers,a pop up blocker stops websites from putting an instant advertisement on your screen.it can be virus

Answer 9

yes it is good and you should have one running in the system tray at all times ,you that one its the best when you see someone ask a Question if you see that have a web address on the post board .ad-watch 3.0 will block it when you click on it coz it is a link to a website that .ad-watch 3.0
see as a hacking website and .ad-watch 3.0 will close down the explorer or firefox to keep you safe use that have ad-watch 3.0 running in the system tray at all times your online

ad-aware professional 6.0 /ad-watch 3.0
http://www.lavasoft.de/
ad-watch 3.0 is a pop up & website blocker

Answer 10

thye block those unwanted ads. i think it's a good idea to keep them on. now if you get to a site and you want to keep pop up off for that particular site than you usually can do that by just clicking on the the pop up blocker icon (depending on which one you have). for example, when you go to yahoo music, another window will automatically pop up when you click on listen to music, therefore you can take up pop up off for this site OR you can still keep it on, but hit the 'CTRL' key while you click on the link.