Re: [fw-wiz] Annoying pop-ups

From: Mikael Olsson (mikael.olsson@clavister.com)
Date: 10/29/02 

From: Mikael Olsson <mikael.olsson@clavister.com>
To: Crispin Cowan <crispin@wirex.com>
Date: Tue Oct 29 10:00:22 2002

Crispin Cowan wrote:
>

While I agree wholeheartedly with THIS:

> I wish a filthy pox on the web developers who decided that javascript
> was an acceptable way to do web site navigation.

, I think you've missed out on something, as I see you posting THIS:

> Neither XP nor personal firewalls will stop annoying pop-ups, and they
> have nothing to do with ports. They result from having javascript
> enabled in your web browser.

Please peruse the below link to learn about the newfangled evil
that spammers and microsoft have inflicted upon us:

http://www.stopmessengerspam.com/ 

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