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Pop-up Killer Review

 
 

Last updated: Sep 9, 2005



PanicWare exposes a wide range of Popup Stoppers: Basic, Companion, Professional and Free.


A quote from Pop-Up Stopper's site about Pop-Up Stopper Professional:

Pop-Up Stopper Professional is the latest in Panicware's award-winning pop-up ad-blocking product line. The only product to provide native support for AOL, MSN, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, SBC Yahoo!, CompuServe, WMConnect, Juno, NetZero, Mozilla all in one software package!

BONUS: Block annoying Windows Messenger Service and GAIN pop-ups!

Unparalleled browser support - Complete native support for AOL, MSN, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, SBC Yahoo and more!

Powerful ad-blocking - Patent-pending ad-blocking technology ensures ads are blocked, or closed quickly in all browsers.

Instant Notification - Play one of many included fun sounds or change your mouse cursor when a pop-up ad is blocked.

Browser and Windows Cleaning - Keep your surfing habits private and help prevent identity theft by keeping your computer clean! Quickly clean URL history, browser history, cache, cookies, index.dat and more!

Free Automatic Updates - Powered by Panicware's patent-pending XA (eXtensible Architecture) technology, your product will never be out of date! Pop-Up Stopper Professional will automatically update itself when a new pop-up ad type or browser is supported. See our upgrade policy for more info.


Test results:
Accept Useful New Windows: Simple examples. (2 points)
 A new window appears after a link has been clicked
 A new window appears after the "Open in New Window" menu item has been clicked
 A new window appears after a button has been clicked
 Popup windows at https- and edu- sites
Accept Useful New Windows: Sophisticated examples. New Window looks like Popup - popup killer should not confuse them. (1 point)
 A new window appears after a link has been clicked and the parent page was refreshed simultaneously
 A new window appears after a link has been clicked and the parent page was closed simultaneously
 A new window appears after a link has been clicked and some dialogue has been shown

Stop Popup ads: Simple examples. (2 points)
 Ordinary OnLoad Popup
 Ordinary OnQuit Popup
 Ordinary Delayed Popup
 Delayed Synthesized Popup
 Delayed Modeless Dialog Popup
 Adware Popup
 Camouflaged Popup
 Windowless Flash
 InVue Popup
 Interstitials
Stop Popup ads: Sophisticated examples. Popups looks like Clicked New Windows - popup killer should not confuse them. (1 point)
 There is a page with an OnLoad Popup and a link to reload itself. The OnLoad Popup appears after the reload link has been clicked
 There is a page with an OnQuit Popup and a link to reload itself. OnQuit Popup appears after the reload link has been clicked

Popup Stopper Pro is not detected by simple popup killer detector


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