Re: IE6+XPSP2 Popup blocker doesn't

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From: Steve Foster [SBS MVP] (steve.foster_at_picamar.co.uk)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:05:55 -0800

Tim Long wrote:

> Today I went to a site http://www.focusmax.com which is a non-existent
> domain.

No, it's not non-existent. It has been registered, at register.com. The
domain has been around since 2000.

> The site popped up an advertising page for register.com and about 6
> pop-unders. That surprised me because I thought XPSP2 was supposed to
> prevent that from happening,

The domain is "parked" at a register.com holding page, which is why you
get an advertising page from register.com.

As for pop-ups, I got none. My IE settings are Medium security on the
Internet Zone, and Medium on Popup Blocking.

> I checked the popup blocker settings in IE6 and it was set to allow
popups
> from trusted sites, so I wound it right up to the highest setting (block
all
> popups) and tried again. Same thing happened - another 6 pop-unders.

Allowing pop-ups from Trusted Sites is probably ok - providing
register.com has not been added to the list of Trusted Sites (I wish we
had more flexibility with IE security zones).

>
> Considering I wasn;t even trying to visit register.com's site, I find
this
> behaviour highly intrusive and highly offensive (but that's another
matter).
> The point is, why doesn't IE6 block the popups?

This is Microsoft's first attempt at pop-up blocking. You could consider
it a miracle it blocks anything at all! <g>

Seriously, there is some Help on the Pop-up Blocker built in to IE, and
there is some explanation about what it doesn't/can't block .

> (ps. Just so this post isn't too off topic, my solution to the problem
was
> to deny access to futuresite.register.com in my SBS/ISA Server Site and
> Content rules. That kills the popups dead. ISA Rocks!)

You can kill just about all advertising sites with ISA - it just takes
some time and effort to identify the sites and add them to the ISA rules. 

-- 
Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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