Browsers

[david bell]

Can anyone tell me whether I.E. 6.0, or Netscape 7.1 is the better
browser??!!

I am new to XP and am being inundated with pop ups using I.E. I have the
browsers firewall enabled, and needless to say it does little to nothing.
I do have Nortons firewall, but deleted it due to the fact that it affects
some graphics and some of my e-mails. I had it set to default, and tried
setting it to lower points of protection, but it pretty much was defeating
the purpose to which it was intended. Got the popups and still was affecting
graphics & e-mail. By the way I am on a cable ISP.
When on win98, I ran Netscape with no 3rd party firewall and did not
encounter the pop up problem.
If anyone is running N/scape on XP, please let me know how it is..
Many thanx in advance...................Dave

[Matt Coy]

Hi Dave,

A firewall won't block popups from web browsers. If you're getting lots of
popups, I would suggest downloading Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com and
scanning your system for spyware.

--
Matt Coy, MCSE
Microsoft MVP (Windows XP)

"david bell" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone tell me whether I.E. 6.0, or Netscape 7.1 is the better
> browser??!!
>
> I am new to XP and am being inundated with pop ups using I.E. I have the
> browsers firewall enabled, and needless to say it does little to nothing.
> I do have Nortons firewall, but deleted it due to the fact that it affects
> some graphics and some of my e-mails. I had it set to default, and tried
> setting it to lower points of protection, but it pretty much was defeating
> the purpose to which it was intended. Got the popups and still was
affecting
> graphics & e-mail. By the way I am on a cable ISP.
> When on win98, I ran Netscape with no 3rd party firewall and did not
> encounter the pop up problem.
> If anyone is running N/scape on XP, please let me know how it is..
> Many thanx in advance...................Dave
>
>

[Curt]

"david bell" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone tell me whether I.E. 6.0, or Netscape 7.1 is the better
> browser??!!
>
> I am new to XP and am being inundated with pop ups using I.E. I have the
> browsers firewall enabled, and needless to say it does little to nothing.
> I do have Nortons firewall, but deleted it due to the fact that it affects
> some graphics and some of my e-mails. I had it set to default, and tried
> setting it to lower points of protection, but it pretty much was defeating
> the purpose to which it was intended. Got the popups and still was
affecting
> graphics & e-mail. By the way I am on a cable ISP.
> When on win98, I ran Netscape with no 3rd party firewall and did not
> encounter the pop up problem.
> If anyone is running N/scape on XP, please let me know how it is..
> Many thanx in advance...................Dave
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Go here, http://toolbar.google.com/ . D/load the tool bar. It installs in IE
and it has a very effective popup blocker. I prefer IE over NScape because
it loads faster, though I do use NScape as a backup. No problems running
NScape on XP Home when I do use it, just the speed issue.
--
Curt.

[Rick Merrill]

david bell wrote:

> Can anyone tell me whether I.E. 6.0, or Netscape 7.1 is the better
> browser??!!
>
> I am new to XP and am being inundated with pop ups using I.E. I have the
> browsers firewall enabled, and needless to say it does little to nothing.
> I do have Nortons firewall, but deleted it due to the fact that it affects
> some graphics and some of my e-mails. I had it set to default, and tried
> setting it to lower points of protection, but it pretty much was defeating
> the purpose to which it was intended. Got the popups and still was affecting
> graphics & e-mail. By the way I am on a cable ISP.
> When on win98, I ran Netscape with no 3rd party firewall and did not
> encounter the pop up problem.
> If anyone is running N/scape on XP, please let me know how it is..
> Many thanx in advance...................Dave

Dave,
I run Netscape 7.1 on Windows XP and find it terrific. It is fast and
feature rich: pop-up blocker with optional white-list so your online
banking system can be allowed to have pop-ups; It has a mail reader
with "junk" mail identifier: it learns from what You Flag as Junk.
And it has "skins" that let you choose the look and feel. - RM
(p.s. and it is free!)

[Mike]

Rick Merrill > wrote in
:

> david bell wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me whether I.E. 6.0, or Netscape 7.1 is the better
>> browser??!!
>>
>> I am new to XP and am being inundated with pop ups using I.E. I have
>> the browsers firewall enabled, and needless to say it does little to
>> nothing. I do have Nortons firewall, but deleted it due to the fact
>> that it affects some graphics and some of my e-mails. I had it set to
>> default, and tried setting it to lower points of protection, but it
>> pretty much was defeating the purpose to which it was intended. Got
>> the popups and still was affecting graphics & e-mail. By the way I am
>> on a cable ISP. When on win98, I ran Netscape with no 3rd party
>> firewall and did not encounter the pop up problem.
>> If anyone is running N/scape on XP, please let me know how it is..
>> Many thanx in advance...................Dave
>
> Dave,
> I run Netscape 7.1 on Windows XP and find it terrific. It is fast and
> feature rich: pop-up blocker with optional white-list so your online
> banking system can be allowed to have pop-ups; It has a mail reader
> with "junk" mail identifier: it learns from what You Flag as Junk.
> And it has "skins" that let you choose the look and feel. - RM
> (p.s. and it is free!)
>
>

Try this:

http://www.myie2.com/index.htm

IE based.... blocks pop-ups, can turn off images, sounds, videos,
activeX.... very easy... uses little resources....

In article >,
says...
> Can anyone tell me whether I.E. 6.0, or Netscape 7.1 is the better
> browser??!!
>

Try Avant Browser at http://www.avantbrowser.com/

It is a great browser that runs on top of IE and gives you a wealth of
features including blocking annoying popups.

[david bell]

Hi Rick,

I am familiar with N/Scape, ran it for years because of the perpetual
problems with IE.
I thought I'd give IE a shot when I put in XP, and it seemed much more
stable than previous versions.
As much as I would love to go back to N/Scape, there are a few things it
doesn't seem to work with such as M/S tweak programs.
When I ran N/S 7.1 on win98 I had next to no pop ups and as you stated, it
is feature laden, something IE really isn't.
Again, many thanx................Dave
"Rick Merrill" > wrote in message
...
> david bell wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me whether I.E. 6.0, or Netscape 7.1 is the better
> > browser??!!
> >
> > I am new to XP and am being inundated with pop ups using I.E. I have the
> > browsers firewall enabled, and needless to say it does little to
nothing.
> > I do have Nortons firewall, but deleted it due to the fact that it
affects
> > some graphics and some of my e-mails. I had it set to default, and tried
> > setting it to lower points of protection, but it pretty much was
defeating
> > the purpose to which it was intended. Got the popups and still was
affecting
> > graphics & e-mail. By the way I am on a cable ISP.
> > When on win98, I ran Netscape with no 3rd party firewall and did not
> > encounter the pop up problem.
> > If anyone is running N/scape on XP, please let me know how it is..
> > Many thanx in advance...................Dave
>
> Dave,
> I run Netscape 7.1 on Windows XP and find it terrific. It is fast and
> feature rich: pop-up blocker with optional white-list so your online
> banking system can be allowed to have pop-ups; It has a mail reader
> with "junk" mail identifier: it learns from what You Flag as Junk.
> And it has "skins" that let you choose the look and feel. - RM
> (p.s. and it is free!)
>