Technology Resource Center

Pop-up Blockers

The following materials are a summary of the various types of pop-up blockers and what to do about them and adopted from the CCC Confer taining page:

Pop-up blockers may prevent certain media from playing, or the virtual classroom in Blackboard, for example, from working correctly. If you suspect a pop-up blocker is causing a problem, here is how to find out if you have one installed and how to disable it.

It is also possible (even likely) that you may have more than one installed. If this is the case, ALL pop-up blockers must be temporarily disabled.

A good way to test if a user has pop-up blocked is to go to a website that normally has pop-up ads such as www.nyt.com or www.cnn.com

Also, if you are not able to locate the pop-up blocker, try holding down the Control Key when logging in. For some (not all) pop-up blockers, the Control key is a hotkey used to allow pop-ups from a certain site.

Checking for pop-up blockers:

1. Go to your internet browser
2. On the menu bar click View > Toolbars > If you have browser toolbars (AOL, Google, MSN, etc.) they will be listed. If there is a check mark next to the toolbar name it indicates that the toolbar is visible on your browser page. If not, click to place a check mark next to the toolbar name to make it visible (you can un-check later if you do not want to view the toolbar). Listed below are the most popular pop-up blockers and how to manage them from the toolbars.
3. If you did not find any toolbars listed, click Tools on the menu bar: If you have blockers, you will see Pop-up blocker listed and a sub-menu to turn on or turn off (the wording may vary based on your browser). The name of blocker is usually not listed here – this can happen when things download that you are not aware of!
4. AOL Instant Messenger and My Web Search have embedded pop-up blockers.

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Internet Explorer Service Pack2

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Norton Internet Security

1. Double Click on the Norton Icon (pictured above) in the System Tray
2. Click 'Ad Blocking'
3. Click 'Turn Off'

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Google Toolbar:

1. Click on the Google Icon (pictured above) and select 'Options'
2. In the Accessories Section uncheck 'Popup Blocker'
   

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Yahoo Toolbar:

1. Click on the Pop Up Icon (pictured above)
2. Uncheck 'Enable Pop-Up Blocker' If the button does not appear in the Yahoo bar, click on the pencil icon. Also, from the tools menu in IE, uncheck Yahoo Companion. It is also possible that the user downloaded the companion toolbar but chose not to download the block.

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Netscape/Mozilla Blocker

Open the Preferences menu

• Using a PC, the Preferences menu is in the Edit menu
• Using a Mac, the Preferences menu is in the Netscape/Mozilla menu
• Open the Privacy and Security Menu

Select Pop Up Windows and Uncheck 'Block un-requested pop-ups'

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Safari Blocker

1. Open the Safari Menu and choose Preferences
2. Open the Security Menu
3. Uncheck 'Block pop up windows'

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AOL Toolbar:

1. Click the drop down arrow
2. Settings – to remove, uncheck the pop-up blocker
3. To enable/disable temporarily – click on the Allowed / Blocked box

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Advant Blocker

1. Go to Tools -> Advant Browser options->Ad blocker
   Uncheck "Enable ad blocker"

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PanicWare Basic

Installs a seperate toolbar on IE. There is an icon that looks like a window. If an "x" is on that window, pop-ups are being blocked. Press the button and the icon will turn gray. Pop-ups will then be allowed.

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MSN Toolbar:

Click on the Pop Up Icon Pictured Below (When placing cursor over icon box will appear stating: “Pop-up windows are being blocked Click to allow all pop-ups)

 

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COPILOT - VIEWPOINT

To turn off for a specific site: Click the button located to the right of the Pop-up Bin tab and select OFF.
To Disable all sites: Go to Options menu (located under the Viewpoint logo on your toolbar) and Disable the pop-up blocker for all sites.

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GuardWall Guard IE pop-up blocker - pop-up blocker 4.0

Go to Start->Programs->Guardwall
In the Pop-ups tab uncheck "automatically block pop-ups when opening new browser windows. You can also access it from the IE toolbar or from the System Tray: Click on Guardwall and check "always allow popups/scripts from this website.

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Open Zone Alarm (may work for Zone Alarm Pro and Zone Alarm Security Suite)

1. Select Privacy->Main
2. In the Ad Blocking area options should be there to turn it off