# Pop-up problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-problem/144762>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 24, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-problem/144762 "2002-12-24T20:39:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-problem/144762/1 "2002-12-24T20:39:40Z")

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I have an unsoliticted pop-up from Real Player that has no exit button, does not show up on the task bar and does not show up on the task list. I rebooted and as a few minutes after I ran IE, it suddenly showed up again. After this, I would not use a piece of Real Player software if they offered to pay me. But is there any way of getting rid of this unwanted visitor? I was, BTW, able to move it to a place off the screen, but I still don’t like the idea that a complete stranger can do this.

I am using a cable modem and running Win98.

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**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-problem/144762/2 "2002-12-24T20:47:00Z")

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You can try to close it using ALT+F4 and then try to find one of those adkill programs that prevents pop-ups. If you do an SDMB search on pop-ups, you’ll probably find some good adkill programs that are recommended by other Dopers.

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-problem/144762/3 "2002-12-24T21:02:56Z")

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[Download](http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/) & install this popup killer (best I’ve seen).

Then [download](http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) & install (and run) Ad-Aware. It may stop the RealPlayer thing from loading on Windows startup.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-problem/144762/4 "2002-12-25T02:11:33Z")

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Thank you, **Hail Ants**. I installed Free Surf and it seems to be working.