"Rob" wrote in message
...
K Barrett wrote:
I need a way to afford more orchids, as per Rob's rules, *G*, so I was
researching stocks/mutual funds on MSN.com when the E*Trades
advertisement
expanded, swooped over my line of sight and virtually captured my
monitor
for 15-20 seconds. I couldn't close the ad. I couldn't continue what I
was
doing until the ad's animation finished and reduced its self back into
the
ad space, returning control of my monitor to me - something straight out
of
'Outer Limits'.

Ah! These clever e-commerce mavens. They've designed a new way to
tick us
off. First it was banner ads, then pop ups, now this swoop.

I assume there's some sort of setting I need to change. Turn off
active-x
or something... anyone have any tips?

K Barrett





Get Firefox, and the adblocker extension. Block any and all traffic
from the adserver that gave you the nasty ad. Easy peasy. I don't see
nearly so much garbage as I used to.

--
Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit


OK, that's at least 7 votes I've gotten for Firefox. Guess I'd better
change.

K

"Kinia Surrat Mugab" wrote in message
...
"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Dusty, I found it, I answered my own question. maybe I'm not so
helpless
after all, LOL!

Here's something interesting about these pop ups and such.

Turning off Java will stop some, shutting off active-x will shut off the
rest.

Websites are starting to require Java and scripts to be allowed for their
content to be viewed, which means they are requiring you to allow
intrusions, monitoring, and weakening your defenses just to see their
website.

Want to see someone's catalog, map, or video, you have to allow them to
monitor your internet activities.

Even more interesting is that some of the personal firewall protection
software run on active-x and Java, so if you disable them in windows the
software won't run.

So basically you're screwed. If the software companies want their software
to not be blocked, they'll pay for it and the firewall software companies
will allow it.

Welcome to the benefits of capitalism when the government wants
urestricted
gains and profits.



Oh, great! What a tangled web we weave...

K

Install Ad-Aware SE

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


"?" wrote in message
rg...
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:10:55 -0700 in
K Barrett wrote:
I need a way to afford more orchids, as per Rob's rules, *G*, so I was
researching stocks/mutual funds on MSN.com when the E*Trades
advertisement
expanded, swooped over my line of sight and virtually captured my monitor
for 15-20 seconds. I couldn't close the ad. I couldn't continue what I
was
doing until the ad's animation finished and reduced its self back into
the
ad space, returning control of my monitor to me - something straight out
of
'Outer Limits'.

Ah! These clever e-commerce mavens. They've designed a new way to tick
us
off. First it was banner ads, then pop ups, now this swoop.

I assume there's some sort of setting I need to change. Turn off
active-x
or something... anyone have any tips?

Uninstall flash.
Use any browser other than Internet Exploder.
The general rule of thumb is that if a site requires flash,
it is totally void of content.


--
Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:10:26 -0400 in Ray wrote:
Install Ad-Aware SE

Does not appear to be available for Linux :-).



--
Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil

K Barrett wrote:
Then what do you use to read newsgroups? I have Firefox and don't use it
becasue I have to go to yet another program - Thunderbird - just to read
newsgroups. So I'd be going between 2 programns to accomplish what i do
with one....

Or is that just the price of living online?

I'm pretty happy with Thunderbird... Keeps some of the e-mail viruses
at bay.

Of course now Firefox and Thunderbird are a substantial share of the
market, and they have security vulnerabilities too... Nothing is perfect.





--
Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit

That's right, Rob. Unfortunately, there are degenerates out there who will
try to contaminate us all.

Yeah, MS products are the primary target, but they are also the primary
group for which remedies are created.

You lose some, you win some....
--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


"Rob" wrote in message
...
K Barrett wrote:
Then what do you use to read newsgroups? I have Firefox and don't use it
becasue I have to go to yet another program - Thunderbird - just to read
newsgroups. So I'd be going between 2 programns to accomplish what i do
with one....

Or is that just the price of living online?

I'm pretty happy with Thunderbird... Keeps some of the e-mail viruses at
bay.

Of course now Firefox and Thunderbird are a substantial share of the
market, and they have security vulnerabilities too... Nothing is perfect.





--
Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit

Ray wrote:
That's right, Rob. Unfortunately, there are degenerates out there who will
try to contaminate us all.

Yeah, MS products are the primary target, but they are also the primary
group for which remedies are created.

You lose some, you win some....


OK here I am on Thunderbird.... Ack! I can feel my braincells
stretching and distorting from learning new skills.....aggrgh!!!

POP!!!

OK, now that's better...

K

While I generally agree that disabling Flash is a perfectly
acceptable way of keeping your computer crap-free, there is also
Flashblock (currently version 1.2.9) for FireFox. It replaces the Flash
object with a bland button you can click if you absolutely, positively
HAVE to see the crap.

And then there's also Adblock, in v.5.

See also:

http://addons.mozilla.org/extensions...cation=firefox

It'll make your browsing experience a lot better. Once you bolster
Firefox with the right plugins, it's a lot like owning a phone- but
without the telemarketers (which we all dearly miss, right?).

The address in the header isn't valid. Send no email there.

-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ

Kathy,

I use Outlook Express to read usenet. I use Outlook 2000 for Mail and
Firefox for web browsing.

I vastly prefer using individual programs for different tasks - that way I
have more choice. If the Firefox of usenet browsers is released, I can dump
OE and not worry about having to learn a new web browser too.

Now, about OE. I'm not very hardcore about reading UseNet, so OE works just
fine. I do know there are better and/or more popular usenet readers
available, I've never needed to check them out. =)

-Eric

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
Then what do you use to read newsgroups? I have Firefox and don't use it
becasue I have to go to yet another program - Thunderbird - just to read
newsgroups. So I'd be going between 2 programns to accomplish what i do
with one....

Or is that just the price of living online?

K

"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
...
Kathy,

You are asking for trouble by continuing to use Internet Explorer.

Firefox is a better browser and is not always the target of every virus
and
worm writer on the planet.

www.mozilla.org

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
"dusty" wrote in message
...
"K Barrett" wrote in
:

I need a way to afford more orchids, as per Rob's rules, *G*, so I
was
researching stocks/mutual funds on MSN.com when the E*Trades
advertisement expanded, swooped over my line of sight and virtually
captured my monitor for 15-20 seconds. I couldn't close the ad. I
couldn't continue what I was doing until the ad's animation finished
and reduced its self back into the ad space, returning control of my
monitor to me - something straight out of 'Outer Limits'.

Ah! These clever e-commerce mavens. They've designed a new way to
tick us off. First it was banner ads, then pop ups, now this swoop.

I assume there's some sort of setting I need to change. Turn off
active-x or something... anyone have any tips?

K Barrett





I has always amazed me that ad makers think they have to flash you in
the
face to get a sale.

Most ad's like that are written in JavaScript you can turn it off in
most
browsers but be aware that some other web page functions may not work
like
drop downs and buttons.

OK, just to show you how truly stupid I am I assume this is a check box
in
IE under ToolsInternet option advanced settings or somesuch? Or is
there
a popup blocker for these? (Heck maybe I should google this, LOL!!)

Thanks dusty!

K

Kath,

I'd totally forgotten about adblock on FireFox!

I don't see ads anymore on the web. Period.

It's amazing, refreshing, and I hate using another computer without it to
browse the web.

It's like TiVo - you stop watching commercials when you have TiVo and then
when you're at a friend's house watching live TV with commercials - it's
maddening!

-Eric

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
"Rob" wrote in message
...
K Barrett wrote:
I need a way to afford more orchids, as per Rob's rules, *G*, so I was
researching stocks/mutual funds on MSN.com when the E*Trades
advertisement
expanded, swooped over my line of sight and virtually captured my
monitor
for 15-20 seconds. I couldn't close the ad. I couldn't continue what
I
was
doing until the ad's animation finished and reduced its self back into
the
ad space, returning control of my monitor to me - something straight
out
of
'Outer Limits'.

Ah! These clever e-commerce mavens. They've designed a new way to
tick us
off. First it was banner ads, then pop ups, now this swoop.

I assume there's some sort of setting I need to change. Turn off
active-x
or something... anyone have any tips?

K Barrett





Get Firefox, and the adblocker extension. Block any and all traffic
from the adserver that gave you the nasty ad. Easy peasy. I don't see
nearly so much garbage as I used to.

--
Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit


OK, that's at least 7 votes I've gotten for Firefox. Guess I'd better
change.

K

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 08:06:16 -0700, "Eric Hunt"
wrote:

Kath,

I'd totally forgotten about adblock on FireFox!

I don't see ads anymore on the web. Period.

It's amazing, refreshing, and I hate using another computer without it to
browse the web.

It's like TiVo - you stop watching commercials when you have TiVo and then
when you're at a friend's house watching live TV with commercials - it's
maddening!

-Eric

Or even stuck watching TV live at home after you have become used
to skipping commercials and suddenly you catch up to live
broadcast and have to wait thru the rest of the commercials.


"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
"Rob" wrote in message
...
K Barrett wrote:
I need a way to afford more orchids, as per Rob's rules, *G*, so I was
researching stocks/mutual funds on MSN.com when the E*Trades
advertisement
expanded, swooped over my line of sight and virtually captured my
monitor
for 15-20 seconds. I couldn't close the ad. I couldn't continue what
I
was
doing until the ad's animation finished and reduced its self back into
the
ad space, returning control of my monitor to me - something straight
out
of
'Outer Limits'.

Ah! These clever e-commerce mavens. They've designed a new way to
tick us
off. First it was banner ads, then pop ups, now this swoop.

I assume there's some sort of setting I need to change. Turn off
active-x
or something... anyone have any tips?

K Barrett





Get Firefox, and the adblocker extension. Block any and all traffic
from the adserver that gave you the nasty ad. Easy peasy. I don't see
nearly so much garbage as I used to.

--
Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit


OK, that's at least 7 votes I've gotten for Firefox. Guess I'd better
change.

K




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