Re: how do you stop pop-ups?

Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:16:58 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono
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"John Byrns"
> JavaScript may not be the only source of "pop ups" but is certainly one.
> I don't have "Messenger" or even know what it is, yet with JavaScript off,
> I don't get any "pop ups", but with JavaScript on, I get them, explain
> that one?
Not much to explain except it is the old style pop-ups relying
on Javascripts, nothing like the recent annoying ones relying
on the Messenger core services.
I support Tim Hortons portal PCs in Quebec and Eastern Ontario and
I started getting numerous calls about those pop-ups. One "wannabee"
tech told the clients to turn-off Javascripts...they all called me not long
after, they were still getting pop-ups even with the browser closed and
not using/having Messenger installed, just connected to their ISP...
Explain that one.
Anything Windows2000+ has Messenger core installed by default.
If you installed IE 5.5+ you have Messenger core installed.
If you don't and use IE 5 or Netscape, the buggers are in fact using
some Javascripts to pop-up messages but are the old style pop-ups.
the annoying pop-ups I see all the time are directly linked to
the Messenger core service. Turning Javascriptoff can do nothing about it.
Syl