Shoutbox

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Originally posted by thekid

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Originally posted by chris4
I hardly get any popups since i've been using Firefox.

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Is it just me, or is IE with SP2 better than Firefox in blocking pop-ups?

Tell me if you don't get any pop-up when you open this site using Firefox without any additional extension.

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IE's popup blocker blocks all popups. Even ones that appear when you click a link.

Firefox's only blocks unrequested popups which are ones that occur in certain JavaScript events (which you can see in about:config under "dom.popup_allowed_events", mine shows "change click dblclick mouseup reset submit").

"Alot of adware is made for IE because it is written in Visual Basic, which yo can hack into easily, however Firefox is written in Mozilla, which is less hackable making it more secure"

My IT Teacher

I have the following removal programs on my computer:

• Spybot Search & Destroy
  
• McAfee Antivirus
  
• Ad-Aware Professional SE
  
• TweakNow RegCleaner
  
• Spy Doctor Pro
  
• Registry Mechanic
  
• Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta

they're all really good...

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Originally posted by Fergy
"Alot of adware is made for IE because it is written in Visual Basic, which yo can hack into easily, however Firefox is written in Mozilla, which is less hackable making it more secure"

My IT Teacher

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nor IE, nor the adware is written in visual basic

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Originally posted by Segosa
IE's popup blocker blocks all popups. Even ones that appear when you click a link.

Firefox's only blocks unrequested popups which are ones that occur in certain JavaScript events (which you can see in about:config under "dom.popup_allowed_events", mine shows "change click dblclick mouseup reset submit").

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Understood
But, what setting should I change then if I want to eliminate mess.be's pop-up or similar other sites' pop-ups?

Edit: btw, I have the same value for "dom.popup_allowed_events"

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Originally posted by Fergy
"Alot of adware is made for IE because it is written in Visual Basic, which yo can hack into easily, however Firefox is written in Mozilla, which is less hackable making it more secure"
My IT Teacher

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lol

I don't know if Mozilla is a languange.

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Originally posted by thekid

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Originally posted by Fergy
"Alot of adware is made for IE because it is written in Visual Basic, which yo can hack into easily, however Firefox is written in Mozilla, which is less hackable making it more secure"
My IT Teacher

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lol

I don't know if Mozilla is a languange.

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It isnt, afik they are both writen in C or C++.

One of the reasons firefox is better at preventing spyware is the fact that it isnt an intergrated part of windows. Also it doesnt allow you to install direct from a site, you have to download an installer.

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Originally posted by thekid

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Originally posted by Segosa
IE's popup blocker blocks all popups. Even ones that appear when you click a link.

Firefox's only blocks unrequested popups which are ones that occur in certain JavaScript events (which you can see in about:config under "dom.popup_allowed_events", mine shows "change click dblclick mouseup reset submit").

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Understood
But, what setting should I change then if I want to eliminate mess.be's pop-up or similar other sites' pop-ups?

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What "change click dblclick mouseup reset submit" means is if you click on a submit button, double click etc. it will allow a popup.

So.. I think it's fine as it is.

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Originally posted by traxor
they're all really good...

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You should get SpySweeper, i presonnaly it, but i still have 4 others

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Originally posted by Fergy
"Alot of adware is made for IE because it is written in Visual Basic, which yo can hack into easily, however Firefox is written in Mozilla, which is less hackable making it more secure"

My IT Teacher

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Your IT teacher doesn't know what he's talking about. IE and Firefox are written in C++, where spyware can be written in VB (to make it easy to attach to IE) or C++ (to hook into the system at a lower level e.g. keyloggers).

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Originally posted by chris4

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Originally posted by thekid

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Originally posted by Segosa
IE's popup blocker blocks all popups. Even ones that appear when you click a link.

Firefox's only blocks unrequested popups which are ones that occur in certain JavaScript events (which you can see in about:config under "dom.popup_allowed_events", mine shows "change click dblclick mouseup reset submit").

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Understood
But, what setting should I change then if I want to eliminate mess.be's pop-up or similar other sites' pop-ups?

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What "change click dblclick mouseup reset submit" means is if you click on a submit button, double click etc. it will allow a popup.

So.. I think it's fine as it is.

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Hmm yeah good point. I didn't think about what those events actually were but I see now they're the ones to allow, not block