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To: Stan who wrote (34159)	5/1/2003 8:23:23 AM
From: hcm1943	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

If you are using sites that require a password or that have shopping carts you really must have cookies enabled. As for pop-ups/unders I have been using something from panicware.com, and it seems to work quite well

To: Stan who wrote (34159)	5/1/2003 9:41:40 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

I'm still trying to learn how the different types of software fit in to the protection scheme. After some initial problems getting setup, I've found that ZoneAlarm PRO keeps the popups to a minimum. For sites that I trust, I can allow cookies on various levels. I'm not sure whether I should use Ad-Aware or other stuff. Right now I run NAV 2003 and Zone Alarm. I'd add more but I hate to have to go through all the setup problems one usually has with new software. I probably wasted a couple of days setting up ZoneAlarm and getting it to the point that I knew how to use its features and why it was interfering with other programs that I run.

To: Stan who wrote (34159)	5/1/2003 11:56:51 AM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Stan, I don't have cookies turned off all together, so the sites that I use and trust work just fine with cookies. I have IE set to prompt me whether I want to accept a cookie from any new site. Then I can deny or accept for that time, and if I choose the always option, IE won't bother me again about that site. IE keeps a list of sites I have chosen to block. It is easy to edit the list if I deny a cookie that later turns out I needed to accept. It looks like some websites can get around Ad-Aware's algorithms. Pop-ups are getting through on some sites by opening as real web pages with normal browser windows. Black Knight has my King in check, so to speak. I've been using Popup Manager that tc uses for about a week now. It only works for Internet Explorer. I've yet to get a popup. If you want to post a link to the site that generates a real web page window, I'll see if it foils Popup Manager. It might be interesting to test sites this way on the thread and see which popup blocker is currently most effective. Esteban