# Help me get rid of this annoying pop-up

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-rid-of-this-annoying-pop-up/251375>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 21, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-rid-of-this-annoying-pop-up/251375 "2004-06-21T00:18:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-rid-of-this-annoying-pop-up/251375/1 "2004-06-21T00:18:25Z")

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I’ve run the latest versions of AdAware and Spybot, and the only pop-up I still get is [this one](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/scottevil/higher_education_pop-up.jpg). I get this particular one when I go to the site of McGill University (my alma mater) athletics, where I still use the gym. Hence higher education.

And, as expected, when I go to my online banking site, it pops up “Looking for a loan or mortgage?”. So it obviously can tell what kind of site I’m opening.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-rid-of-this-annoying-pop-up/251375/2 "2004-06-21T00:47:26Z")

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Well, I can’t really tell from that window, maybe someone else can.

If you could post some of the source from the page (the \<form action\> bit especially would likely be helpful), as well as the Address(URL) entry when you right-click/choose properties on the page, that might clarify things.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-rid-of-this-annoying-pop-up/251375/3 "2004-06-21T02:33:26Z")

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Suggestion #1 - switch to Mozilla Firebird, much better than IE, and has built-in popup stopper.  
Suggestion #2 - If you really must use IE, install a popup stopper such as [Free Surfer](http://www.webattack.com/get/freesurfer.shtml)