Google Toolbar

Google has their own brand of toolbar that is very similar to Yahoo!’s. It offers other features on top of Pop-Up blocking, and looks like the following:

The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:

To allow pop-ups to appear, merely click on the icon. You should now see the following:

To turn the Pop-Up Blocker back on, you can click the icon again to re-enable the pop-up blocker.

Note: if this is not sufficient to allow pop-up windows to appear, you may need to disable the Google toolbar completely by following the approach below.

Right-click on the toolbar and a Drop-Down will appear with a listing of all of the Toolbars.

Uncheck the entry Google to disable the Google Toolbar. To re-enable the Google Toolbar, right-click again in the toolbar area and recheck Google.

MSN Toolbar

MSN Toolbar is the latest of the toolbars, but is starting to gain popularity. As with Yahoo! and
Google toolbars, it allows other features on top of Pop-Up Blocking. Below is the MSN toolbar:

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The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:

To disable Pop-Up Blocking, Click on the Down arrow to the right of the text to bring up the Menu:

Click on Allow Pop-ups. To turn the Pop-Up Blocker back on, you go back in and recheck the entry to re-enable their Pop-Up Blocker.

AOL Toolbar

AOL Toolbar is another fairly new toolbar from one of the big online providers. Like the others, this toolbar offers multiple features, and appears in the browser as follows:

The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:

To allow Pop-ups to appear, merely click on the icon. You should now see the following:

To turn the Pop-Up Blocker back on, you can click the icon again to re-enable the Pop-Up Blocker.

Pop-Up Stopper

One of the more popular Pop-Up Blockers available, this software is designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It will install an icon in the lower right corner of your Start Menu Toolbar

The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:

To disable Pop-Up Blocking, right-click on the icon and a Pop-Up menu will appear with a list of options:

Uncheck the option Block pop-up ad windows. To turn the Pop-Up Blocker back on, you can go back in and recheck the entry to re-enable their Pop-Up Blocker.

PopUpCop

Another popular Pop-Up Blocker, this software is also designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It installs the following toolbar within the browser:

To disable Pop-Up Blocking, click on the arrow to the right of the badge and a menu will appear with a list of options:

Click on Disable PopUpCop. To turn the Pop-Up Blocker back on, you go back in and recheck the entry to re-enable their Pop-Up Blocker.

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla's pop-up blocker is integrated into the browser, much like the pop-up blocker for Internet Explorer. To disable the pop-up blocker:

Open the Tools menu and click on Options.

The following window will appear:

Click on the Web Features icon in the list on the left.
Remove the checkmark from beside the Block Popup Windows option.
Click OK to close the window.

Once you are finished, you can go back into the menu again to turn on the pop-up blocker.

Netscape

Netscape's pop-up blocker is integrated into the browser, much like the pop-up blocker for Internet Explorer. To disable the pop-up blocker:

From the Edit menu, select the Preferences option. The following window will appear:

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Click on the arrow beside the Privacy & Security option on the left-hand side of the window,
to make it display the options shown above.
Click on the Popup Windows option.
Remove the checkmark from beside the Block unrequested popup windows option.
Click OK to close the window.

Once you are finished, you can go back into the menu again to turn on the pop-up blocker.

Norton Internet Security/Firewall Pop-up Blocker

To disable pop-up blocking in Norton's Internet Security/Firewall, do the following:

Bring up Norton Internet Security's/Firewall's main window. This can be accomplished by opening the Windows Start menu, selecting Programs (or All Programs) and then Norton Firewall. A window like the following should appear

Click on the Ad Blocking line. Click on the Turn Off button. Close the window.

Once you are finished, you can go back into the menu again to turn on the pop-up blocker.

Norton AntiSpam

The status (popups allowed or disallowed) is displayed on the Norton AntiSpam interface.

To disable popup blocking: In the main window, on the left hand side click Norton AntiSpam. Click Pop-up Blocking > Turn Off.

To enable popup blocking: In the main window, on the left hand side click Norton AntiSpam. Click Pop-up Blocking > Turn On.

Opera

Opera's pop-up blocker is integrated into the browser, much like the pop-up blocker for Internet Explorer. To disable the pop-up blocker:

From the Tools menu, select the Preferences option. The following window will appear:

Click on the Windows option in the left-hand list in the window.
Select the Open all pop-ups option in the Pop-ups list.
Click the OK button to close the window.

Once you are finished, you can go back into the menu again to turn on the pop-up blocker.

Safari

Safari's pop-up blocker is integrated into the browser, much like the pop-up blocker for Internet Explorer. To disable the pop-up blocker:

• Open the Safari menu and select the Preferences option.
• In the window that displays, click on the Security option.
• Remove the checkmark from the Block pop-up windows option.
• Close the window.

Or, for another version of Safari try

• Open Safari
• Click on the Safari Menu
• Uncheck Block Pop-Up Windows

Once you are finished, you can go back into the menu again to turn on the pop-up blocker.

COMCAST

Some Pop-Up Blockers may be in place due to your Internet Service Provider. Below is a discussion on how to disable Pop-Up blocking using COMCAST.

What are the Security Manager Privacy Settings, and how do I enable or disable them?

• The Privacy Settings allow you to block pop-up and banner ads on web pages.
• To enable or disable pop-up and banner ad blocking, select the Privacy button from the Security Manager.
  • From the drop down list, select Privacy Settings.
• From here you can enable either pop-up blocking or banner ad blocking by placing a check mark in the appropriate box. If you wish to disable either feature, remove the check mark from it's box. Click Apply and then OK after making any changes.

How do I configure Security Manager to allow pop-ups to be displayed from a trusted website?

The Security Manager Pop-up Blocker will stop web sites from opening unwanted Internet Explorer windows (pop-ups). Some web sites may require pop-up blockers to be disabled in order to access certain information. To allow pop-ups from specific sites, follow the instructions outlined below.

In Internet Explorer make sure that the Security Manager Popup blocker is viewable by selecting View from the top menu, Toolbars from the drop down list and ensure there is a check next to Security Manager Popup Blocker. In your Internet Explorer toolbar the Security Manager Popup Blocker can be identified by its button (see image below).

Open the web page you wish to allow pop-ups for, and then click on the Security Manager
Popup Blocker button once. The text of the button will change to Site pop-ups Allowed.

You will now be able to view pop-ups for that specific web site.

Using the SBC Yahoo! Browser Pop-Up Blocker

Turning Pop-Up Blocker On and Off

Pop-Up Blocker is a feature of the SBC Yahoo! Browser that lets you manage pop-up windows. It may be disabled by following the steps below.

Turn Pop-Up Blocker off or on in one of the following ways:

In the SBC Yahoo! Browser menu choose Settings >> Pop-Up Blocker >> Off to turn it off or Settings >> Pop-Up Blocker >> On to turn it on.

In the bottom border of the SBC Yahoo! Browser, click the Pop-Up Blocker button, then select Off or On from the menu.

Toggle the Turn On/Turn Off button on the Online Protection Dashboard.

Clearing your cache

Once you have configured Ad Blocking or Pop-up Blocking, information may still be blocked on the Web site. This may be because the Web site information is being stored in your Web browser's cache. You must clear the cache for the changes to work.

To clear the cache in Internet Explorer

• Start Internet Explorer.
• Click Tools > Internet Options.
• Click Delete Cookies.
• When you see the prompt "Delete all cookies in the Temporary Internet File folder?" click OK.
• Click Clear History.
• When you see the prompt "Are you sure you want Windows to delete your history of visited Web sites?" click Yes.
• Click OK.

Final comment

Note: There are other pop-up blocking utilities – this is just a list of the most popular. If you are unsure whether or not you have a Pop-up Blocker installed, one way to test is to navigate to http://www.popuptest.com and click on the Multi Pop-up Test link. It will open 10 pop-up windows. If it does not, then you either have something blocking the pop-ups or an issue with Java.