Re: IE6+XPSP2 Popup blocker doesn't
From: Mal Osborne (noone_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/25/05
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:33:57 +0800
XP SP2 here, blocks that site just as I would have expected.
Mal Osborne
MCSE MVP Mensa
"Tim Long" <Tim@long-family.com> wrote in message
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> Today I went to a site http://www.focusmax.com which is a non-existent
> domain. 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,
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> Regards,
> --Tim Long
>
> (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!)
>
>
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