Re: [fw-wiz] Annoying pop-ups

From: John Adams (jna-dated-1036288693.93c5a4@retina.net)
Date: 10/29/02 

To: David Hawley <rhino007_us@yahoo.com>
From: John Adams <jna-dated-1036288693.93c5a4@retina.net>
Date: Tue Oct 29 09:12:01 2002

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, David Hawley wrote:

> What is the port(s) that is used to send those annoying pop-ups in Windows
> XP? Will the firewalling SW builtin to XP
> stop them, or must one use a personal firewall (I am on a short term
> contract, and the DSL router/firewall is back at
> my home base).

Try Privoxy. You can find it on sourceforge, and it works quite well.

-john 

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