Prevent Pop-up Ad Windows When Browsing
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Are you looking for a way to control Internet advertisements that pop-up in new windows while you're browsing online? There are controls included with Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP Professional that can help.
The issue arises when you visit some Web sites, and a new Internet Explorer 6 window (or in some cases, multiple new browser windows) opens on your computer. These windows often contain advertisements, and in some cases, offensive content.
Pop-up advertisements occur when the administrator of a Web site adds code to the page you are visiting, making the ads open on your machine when you first visit the site, or at other times while you view the site.
One step you can take is to contact the administrators for the Web site and ask them to remove the pop-up ads from the site, or prevent them from opening on your machine.
A more general approach to prevent most pop-up windows from opening on your computer is to disable Active Scripting in Internet Explorer 6.
To disable Active Scripting for a particular Web site, you can add that site to the Restricted Sites zone, and then disable Active Scripting and other content for the Restricted Sites zone. This prevents most pop-ups from working, but only for the sites that you add to the Restricted Sites zone.
To add a site to the Restricted Sites zone in Internet Explorer 6:
1. | Start Internet Explorer 6. |
2. | On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. |
3. | Click the Security tab. |
4. | Click Restricted Sites, and then click Sites. |
5. | In the Add this Web site to the zone box, type the Web address for the site that you want to restrict, and then click Add. Repeat this step if you want to add other sites to the zone. |
6. | Click OK. |
7. | Click Default Level to set the Restricted Sites zone to the recommended level, which disables Active Scripting. |
8. | Click OK. |
You can also disable Active Scripting in Internet Explorer 6 for all sites. You might not want to use this method, because it prevents other scripts from running. This might cause many Web sites to be displayed incorrectly.
There are many non-Microsoft programs designed to prevent pop-up and pop-under advertisements from opening on your computer. These programs may cause side effects, such as preventing a Web site from opening a new window or other script-related problems. Microsoft does not provide product support for these programs. You can find more information about such programs by searching the Internet.
