>Everyone is familiar with hitting web sites which automatically launch advertisements in new browser windows, usually behind the main window so you see them after closing/minimizing the main browser window or seeing them pop up on the Taskbar. I personally find it quite irritating but just ignore it and close the windows.
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>I have been asked by a manager here if there is some way to override these windows popping up, even if by some programmatic method on our end. I honestly looked at him like he had four heads, antennae sticking out of each end head, cause I just didn't know and off the top of my one head I couldn't see any way to whack them ( the windows popping up, not the heads :-) ). I suppose turning off some level of active scripting might do it but, of course, that whacks a lot of things that you need to happen.
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>Does anyone know of a method to accomplish this???
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>Thanks,
>Bill

Go to www.download.com (C-Net) and look for file called:
CobraSoft Popstop version 1.0.

Description
From the developer: "Stop and control annoying pop-up windows while you browse the web. You have complete control over what to do with the pop up windows that are captured by this program. Integrates into Internet Explorer as a side band. Options include trusted/untrusted list, audio notification, open in current window, open in new window, preview window and safe shutdown of browser."

Hope that helps