I don't know why but with sites like http://mess.be and with a few others even when you use firefox or IE6 SP2 for some reason I'm still getting pop-ups

Not much you can do about Pop-Ups cos even if you get a great pop up blocker, some still get through, when i go to Mess.be SP2 blocks the pop up, are your pop up settings set correctly on XP?

Yes they are.  the SP2 IE blocks them all except for these I'm thinking that it mabye a spyware issue.

I doubt it's a spyware issue, as I occasionally get Mess.be popups. It's just the way they do it.

It's not a spyware issue, as said above, because a lot of websites have pop-ups, and even the best pop-up blockers can't really block them that well. It's not really a problem that you can fix in anyway. And if it's only on one website you visit reguarly, then it shouldn't be too much of a bother.

~Frostfur

its all about how the window is launched...

popup blockers work by defusing the javascript as javascript is client side

normal popups work with something like :

code:

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window.open

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code:

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<script language="javascript"><!--
var dc=document; var date_ob=new Date();
dc.cookie='h2=o; path=/;';var bust=date_ob.getSeconds();
if(dc.cookie.indexOf('e=llo') <= 0 && dc.cookie.indexOf('2=o') > 0){
dc.write('<scr'+'ipt language="javascript" src="http://media.fastclick.net');
dc.write('/w/pop.cgi?sid=6164&m=2&v=1.8&c='+bust+'"></scr'+'ipt>');
date_ob.setTime(date_ob.getTime()+43200000);
dc.cookie='he=llo; path=/; expires='+ date_ob.toGMTString();} // -->
</script>

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Using Maxthon and don't get any pop-ups