# Please Stop My Pop-Ups! How? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 9, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-my-pop-ups-how/200503 "2003-09-09T12:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-my-pop-ups-how/200503/21 "2003-09-09T21:48:48Z")
Google toolbar! I ran panicware’s pop-up stopper for the last few years, and then I decided to try the Google Toolbar. I love the Google thing 100% more. No more holding down the CTRL key to view wanted pop-ups. And the search bar comes in handy too, set it up so your search opens in a new window, and you don’t have to leave the original page you are on. I love Google. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-my-pop-ups-how/200503/22 "2003-09-09T22:56:29Z")
I use Norton, which handles my antivirus, firewall, and system analysis. One benefit of the latest version is automatic pop up blocker, and smam flagging. No, it’s not free, but most good things in life aren’t, either 😉 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-my-pop-ups-how/200503/23 "2003-09-09T22:58:32Z")
smam is similar to spam, lower sodium [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-my-pop-ups-how/200503.md?page=1)