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Old 08-30-2005, 01:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How do I stop this pop up from compfused.com?

Every time I go to compfused.com I get this pop up. Is there a way to b lock the URL so it's doen't com up at all?

I use FF
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Old 08-30-2005, 02:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Microbell may be able to help here..

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What pop up? I went there with FF & IE and nothing popped up..
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Old 08-30-2005, 04:23 PM   #4 (permalink)
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here's the link to the ad, I don't see the flash stuff on it because I ad blocked it but I can't get rid of the pop up it's self.

crap it's not doing it right now. it's some flash ad in a pop-up window
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here's the link to the ad, I don't see the flash stuff on it because I ad blocked it but I can't get rid of the pop up it's self.

crap it's not doing it right now. it's some flash ad in a pop-up window
My pop-up blocker must be really good. It's blocking the link you posted

The site I visited was http://compfused.com/
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Old 08-31-2005, 04:14 PM   #6 (permalink)
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that's it, I couldn't post the link because it didn't do the popup that time.

screw it, I'll just deal. What's one pop up?
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Please get the flashblocking extension for Firefox from here - http://flashblock.mozdev.org/.

You should be able to block flash pop ups with that
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