Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer 2.1

• License:

  Free to try; $29.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 139 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  555,089

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  15-day trial

• Date Added:

  August 06, 2003

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer 2.1 Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer 1.0

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Publisher's description of Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer

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Ad Arrest Popup Killer uses an advanced, 2-filter system to block pop-up advertising from Internet Explorer, Kazaa, Morpheus, AOL, Gator, and chat programs such as ICQ, AIM, Trillian, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger. It will also prohibit spam ads initiated through your browser by spyware, adware, and virus programs. The software requires minimal resources, and it will not conflict with personal firewall programs like ZoneAlarm or anti-spyware programs like Ad-Aware. Ad Arrest offers a simple hotkey system for managing your whitelist, so you can tailor the software to your specific browsing needs.

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Editor's review of Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer

• 4.0 stars

• "Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer 2.1

This program blocks the pop-up windows that mar your Web surfing. When you start Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer, it opens the configuration window. Among its advanced options are basics such as selecting whether to play a sound when the program blocks a pop-up and setting the software to launch on start-up. The Usage Info button leads to a quick demo of such features as the standard use of the Ctrl key to accept a pop-up once and the less common ability to add a site to the whitelist by pressing the Shift key. Frequent nag screens ask you to register the software. Otherwise, Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer worked perfectly in our testing, blocking all pop-ups. It had no difficulty blocking non-English pop-up windows, killing them right away. In general, the program is small, efficient, and helpful.

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• Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 139 votes
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• 1 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer 2.1

  "Too bad"

  by Laura on July 23, 2005

  Pros: It blocks some popups

  Cons: I cannot recommen it to anyone because: 1) Popups keep flashing before my face before they are blocked which makes my computer very slow and wastes my time for nothing 2) It cannot separate good popups (when I explicitly click a link, for example) from bad popups that open themselves without my permission 3) If I enable temporarily the good popup that is blocked (see above), Ad Arrest never memorizes my choice and next time I click this link, it is blocked again. Besides, "recently arrested popups" list is always empty so I cannot enable it from there either

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• 1 stars

  Version: Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer 2.1

  "Sucks, waste of time."

  by Silveztria on August 11, 2008

  Cons: This program blocked not one of the pop-ups in IE. It only blocks them after they've come up, and even then they just come back! Also, when I uninstalled it, twice, it didn't go away. This program is a huge waste of time and just makes the computer slower.

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• 1 stars

  Version: Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer 2.1

  "Not reccomended"

  by mopar_1974 on November 12, 2005

  Pros: it is a small file.

  Cons: Blocked intentional popups (even blocked internet explorer from starting when i clicked it on the desktop), doesnt stop floating advertisments, I uninstalled it however its not gone. It still starts up when i start my computer and operates like normal. It also looks unimpressive.

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• 1 stars

  Version: Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer 2.1

  "This program sucks!"

  by jreeg on March 3, 2005

  Pros: Let's you try it out before buying it, thank God as it would of been a waste of money.

  Cons: Seems to work good the 1st time then is absolutely worthless after that with the same popups coming back up. Doesn't allow you to enter generic domains that you want to stop coming up. I'm deinstalling it off of my computer. A complete waste. Glad I did't pay for it.

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Ad Arrest IE Popup Killer 2.1

  "Works good for me"

  on October 20, 2004

  Summary: While this software isn't perfect it has low memory overhead and manual features that I like. I tried others and came back to this one.

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