July 16, 2003

Pop-ups

Lately I've actually been clicking on some of the pop-ups and other web banners I've seen, and I've noticed a trend that makes them more annoying than I had previously thought. The reason: When you click on the pop-ups it takes forever for this redirect program to run. Even now as I am typing the redirect for this "Win a Segway" Contest has still not finished redirecting me.
This has happened three out of the three times of tried pop-ups today.
->later<-
OK, I've refreshed the browser (just in case) and it is still not working.
Well, now I know one of the companies responsible for this annoyance.
Cydoor
Hate mail? Try, Limor Ztabari Director of Operations for Cydoor.

Posted by David at July 16, 2003 01:36 AM
Comments

I downloaded this thing called Spybot- Search & Destroy. It killed all the popups on my computer in one use. Very effective. You might wanna get something like that to handle popups if they're really bothering you.

Posted by: Luke B. at July 16, 2003 01:55 PM

Or you can just download Mozilla Firebird and never have to deal with popups ever again.
BTW, what does "gatorpressure" refer to? Sounds like a gym or a self-help group.

Posted by: Dave at July 16, 2003 03:14 PM

Thanks for tips. I try to google those programs and see if I can get them running.
Gatorpressure is the name of a pressure washing business that I have started up to earn some money while I am in college.

Posted by: David at July 16, 2003 03:50 PM