# Worst Pop-up Site **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pop-up-site/195413 "2003-08-15T16:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pop-up-site/195413/1 "2003-08-15T16:55:27Z")
I am testing a new pop-up stopper called [Free Surfer](http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/fs.htm), and I need to give it the acid test. Any specific links to pop-up hell would be appreciated (yeah, I know, any porn site, but I’d rather avoid that at work.) ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pop-up-site/195413/2 "2003-08-15T18:01:29Z")
How about that thing that ells you that you’re an idiot? I have no link, but you may find it on google. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pop-up-site/195413/3 "2003-08-15T18:10:49Z")
[lovehewitt.com](http://www.lovehewitt.com) Not porn, but a fan site of the lovely Jennifer Love Hewitt. Click around a bit and see how many windows open. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pop-up-site/195413/4 "2003-08-15T18:25:16Z")
[www.subprofile.com](http://www.subprofile.com) . Just got two pop-ups and one of those download screens by going to it. I think every page has them, so click around a bit. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pop-up-site/195413/5 "2003-08-15T19:08:19Z")
Give this one a shot. There’s a pop up at least once every time you try to open a message [pub50.ezboard.com/bsimfinder2000](http://pub50.ezboard.com/bsimfinder2000) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pop-up-site/195413/6 "2003-08-15T19:32:16Z")
> **[Watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force from Adult Swim](https://www.adultswim.com/videos/aqua-teen-hunger-force)** > > They're not teens. No water is involved. But they are, indeed, a force to be reckoned with - if the stakes are low and the rent is reasonable. “It’s so easy to use, and the surgery to implant it at the base of your skull is so painless, it’s no wonder I’m number one!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pop-up-site/195413/7 "2003-08-15T19:33:23Z")
I shoudl warn people that the link I posted is quite the pop-up zone and may involve quitting the browser. Click at your own risk. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-pop-up-site/195413/8 "2003-08-15T22:18:28Z")
Enter any number of popular websites with a misspelled name. I suggest you also have Spybot and Spyware blaster before attempting this.