# The particular way popups annoy.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-particular-way-popups-annoy/221637>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 29, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-particular-way-popups-annoy/221637 "2003-12-29T22:52:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-particular-way-popups-annoy/221637/21 "2003-12-31T08:54:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by racer72 \*  
> Invest in a quality firewall and you will never have any popups and can still use IE. I use Norton utilities and I never get any popups. No band aids needed here.

Firewall blocks popups? AFAIK they don’t, since all popups come through port 80, and you can’t block that.

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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-particular-way-popups-annoy/221637/22 "2003-12-31T09:09:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by racer72 \*  
> Invest in a quality firewall and you will never have any popups and can still use IE. I use Norton utilities and I never get any popups. No band aids needed here.

Firewall blocks popups? AFAIK they don’t, since all popups come through port 80, and you can’t block that.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-particular-way-popups-annoy/221637/23 "2003-12-31T09:14:08Z")

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> \*Originally posted by monica \*  
> \*\*I got the Google tool bar, and I don’t think I’ve gotten one pop-up since. \*\*

I believe this is the correct answer. Works like a charm and makes every window a google search window.

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