# Scummy, scummy scare tactics for web site pop-ups.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scummy-scummy-scare-tactics-for-web-site-pop-ups/269649>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 17, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scummy-scummy-scare-tactics-for-web-site-pop-ups/269649 "2004-10-17T08:10:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scummy-scummy-scare-tactics-for-web-site-pop-ups/269649/21 "2004-10-18T18:58:42Z")

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> [@Earthling](#):
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> Get a firewall. Or at least activate WinXP’s built-in one.

Thanks. I have a broadband router that has a built-in firewall. So far no problems!

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scummy-scummy-scare-tactics-for-web-site-pop-ups/269649/22 "2004-10-18T19:56:37Z")

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I must live in a box. IF I get popups I just close them (right click on the program’s button on the bottom of the screen and select “close”).

But I just don’t seem to get many, and they certainly aren’t as annoying as the one’s y’all seem to be getting. But then again, I run Win 98 first edition–maybe the computer creeps don’t aim at me anymore? 😃

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scummy-scummy-scare-tactics-for-web-site-pop-ups/269649/23 "2004-10-19T07:59:56Z")

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> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> I must live in a box. IF I get popups I just close them (right click on the program’s button on the bottom of the screen and select “close”).

A great many of them don’t generate a button.

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> But I just don’t seem to get many, and they certainly aren’t as annoying as the one’s y’all seem to be getting. But then again, I run Win 98 first edition–maybe the computer creeps don’t aim at me anymore? 😃

See, even the vermin who program this stuff have more sense than you. I’d be worried. 😛

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