The 5 Best Ways to Block Popup Advertising

Why Choose This Popup Blocker Technique? Of the 5 best solutions, this choice is good for combination defense: to stop pop-up advertising, and to also stop spyware and erase your web browsing tracks from your computer. For example: you share a personal computer with someone whom you wish to conceal your surfing habits from, or perhaps you are in a police/military/government work situation where you need to keep your research confidential.

Pros: These 3rd-party anti-popup products effectively block popup ads. They also prevent/erase spyware and adware without having to install separate anti-spyware software. These software products have no advertising on screen.

Cons: You can get the same functionality from many no-cost popup blockers and anti-spyware (see next pages).

Where to Get These Popup Blockers: Here is a list of the most popular paid popup blockers, current to February, 2005:

• AdsGone
  $29.95; AdsGone blocks popups, banner ads, flash ads, and spyware. Very popular.
  
  
• Popup Blocker 3.0
  $9.95; Performs all basic popup blocking; good price.
  
  
• Panicware Popup Stopper
  $29.95, free edition also available. Very popular
  
  
• STOPzilla Popup Eliminator
  $29.95; A full-featured anti-popup and anti-spyware product, STOPzilla also erases history and cookie tracks.
  
  
• Exit Killer Pro
  $49.95; Expensive, but full-featured.
  
  
• Popup Cop by Edensoft
  $19.99; Excellent price, too.
  
  
• Popup Killer
  $29.95; Very few false positives, and a popular download make this a good choice for the money.