how to tell what popup/ad blockers are running

I recently started having problems retrieving my Comcast mail (uses I.E. as its base program). When I asked Comcast what was going on, they said I must have a pop-up or ad blocker running. I haven't intentionally installed a blocker ... although my kids did have some extra toolbars (Yahoo, Google, AOL) that had pop-up blocker capability. I've removed the toolbars and have gone thru the internet options as best as I can ... but I still can't get the popups (which, in this case, I need) to work (Comcast uses pop-ups for several of the items on their main page). What else can I look at so that I can start accessing my Comcast mail again?? I have a workaround where I can login to AOL, go to comcast.net, sign-in and bring up my mail -- but I want to do this directly from Comcast/I.E

Thanks in advance!

g-w
Thu Jun 10 10:29:08 CDT 2004

Kevin B. wrote:
> I recently started having problems retrieving my Comcast mail (uses I.E. as its base program). When I asked Comcast what was going on, they said I must have a pop-up or ad blocker running. I haven't intentionally installed a blocker ... although my kids did have some extra toolbars (Yahoo, Google, AOL) that had pop-up blocker capability. I've removed the toolbars and have gone thru the internet options as best as I can ... but I still can't get the popups (which, in this case, I need) to work (Comcast uses pop-ups for several of the items on their main page). What else can I look at so that I can start accessing my Comcast mail again?? I have a workaround where I can login to AOL, go to comcast.net, sign-in and bring up my mail -- but I want to do this directly from Comcast/I.E.
>
> Thanks in advance!

What Comcast URL are you using? Why not use Mozilla instead of IE? Have
you added Comcast to your Trusted zones?

g-w

Kevin
Thu Jun 10 10:37:13 CDT 2004

I access Comcast via 'http://www.comcast.net' -- once I
sign-in, I click on the 'Mail' tab and a new window pops
up with the mail. I **can** select the 'Mail' option on
the toolbar (which uses Outlook Express) to download the
mail locally ... but it currently doesn't take care of all
of the folders on Comcast's webmail that I have set up.

I've never used Mozilla before ... will have to check it
out before making any comments.

I'll look into adding comcast.net to my 'trusted zones' ...
I think it's already there, but it doesn't hurt to take
another look!

Thanks for the reply ....

Kevin


>-----Original Message-----
>Kevin B. wrote:
>> I recently started having problems retrieving my
Comcast mail (uses I.E. as its base program). When I
asked Comcast what was going on, they said I must have a
pop-up or ad blocker running. I haven't intentionally
installed a blocker ... although my kids did have some
extra toolbars (Yahoo, Google, AOL) that had pop-up
blocker capability. I've removed the toolbars and have
gone thru the internet options as best as I can ... but I
still can't get the popups (which, in this case, I need)
to work (Comcast uses pop-ups for several of the items on
their main page). What else can I look at so that I can
start accessing my Comcast mail again?? I have a
workaround where I can login to AOL, go to comcast.net,
sign-in and bring up my mail -- but I want to do this
directly from Comcast/I.E.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>
>What Comcast URL are you using? Why not use Mozilla
instead of IE? Have
>you added Comcast to your Trusted zones?
>
>g-w
>.
>

come_on_now_you_can_do_better_than_that
Thu Jun 10 13:12:34 CDT 2004

To suggest someone switch over to Mozilla from Internet
Explorer just to receive wanted pop-ups from one
particular Web site is, with all due respect, LOUSY
advice!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>"Why not use Mozilla instead of IE?"
>g-w

g-w
Thu Jun 10 15:09:11 CDT 2004

Kevin B. wrote:

>
> Comcast mail (uses I.E. as its base program). When I
> asked Comcast what was going on, they said I must have a
> pop-up or ad blocker running. I haven't intentionally
> installed a blocker ... although my kids did have some
> extra toolbars (Yahoo, Google, AOL) that had pop-up
> blocker capability. I've removed the toolbars and have
> gone thru the internet options as best as I can ... but I
> still can't get the popups (which, in this case, I need)
> to work (Comcast uses pop-ups for several of the items on
> their main page). What else can I look at so that I can
> start accessing my Comcast mail again?? I have a
> workaround where I can login to AOL, go to comcast.net,
> sign-in and bring up my mail -- but I want to do this
> directly from Comcast/I.E.
>
>>>Thanks in advance!
>>
>>What Comcast URL are you using? Why not use Mozilla
>
> instead of IE? Have
>
>>you added Comcast to your Trusted zones?
>>
>>g-w
>>.
>>

I skip the web interface with Comcast usually. You might have gotten a
bad page load, have you cleared your Temp and Temp Internet files to
delete any bad copies so a fresh copy will download?

g-w

g-w
Thu Jun 10 15:14:09 CDT 2004

come_on_now_you_can_do_better_than_that wrote:

> To suggest someone switch over to Mozilla from Internet
> Explorer just to receive wanted pop-ups from one
> particular Web site is, with all due respect, LOUSY
> advice!!!
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>"Why not use Mozilla instead of IE?"
>>g-w
>
>

Comcast works fine with popups stopped, I use Mozilla there all the
time. I use IE now and then but even okaying the scripts will not let
all the page load sometimes.

Personally I find IE to be outdated and a security risk so I rarely use it.

g-w

come_on_now_you_can_do_better_than_that
Thu Jun 10 21:08:15 CDT 2004

Okay, Mozilla is better than Internet Explorer; don't hit
me! LOL

But if I can get serious for a moment...

From what I've read, spyware attacks BOTH browsers, so
saying Internet Explorer is a security risk isn't really
saying much.

Mozilla isn't the browser from God; nothing is 100%
secure. I think the reason Mozilla is seen as "more
secure" than IE is because more people use IE; in other
words, as soon as Mozilla becomes as popular as IE as far
as usage, more baddies will concentrate on finding
vulnerabilities within Mozilla and it will be attacked as
much as IE, and when that time comes, people will start
barking out, "Personally, I find MOZILLA to be outdated
and a security risk."

From what I read, Mozilla is loved by many and is seen as
the best alternative to IE, but I'm too chicken $hit to
switch over ;)

>-----Original Message-----
>g-w wrote:
>Comcast works fine with popups stopped, I use Mozilla
there all the
>time. I use IE now and then but even okaying the scripts
will not let
>all the page load sometimes.
>
>Personally I find IE to be outdated and a security risk
so I rarely use it.
>
>g-w

g-w
Thu Jun 10 21:23:28 CDT 2004

come_on_now_you_can_do_better_than_that wrote:
> Okay, Mozilla is better than Internet Explorer; don't hit
> me! LOL
>
> But if I can get serious for a moment...
>
> From what I've read, spyware attacks BOTH browsers, so
> saying Internet Explorer is a security risk isn't really
> saying much.
>
> Mozilla isn't the browser from God; nothing is 100%
> secure. I think the reason Mozilla is seen as "more
> secure" than IE is because more people use IE; in other
> words, as soon as Mozilla becomes as popular as IE as far
> as usage, more baddies will concentrate on finding
> vulnerabilities within Mozilla and it will be attacked as
> much as IE, and when that time comes, people will start
> barking out, "Personally, I find MOZILLA to be outdated
> and a security risk."
>
> From what I read, Mozilla is loved by many and is seen as
> the best alternative to IE, but I'm too chicken $hit to
> switch over ;)
>
>


Mozilla has javascript to worry about but IE has ActiveX besides
javascript, much more dangerous by default and too many users have no
clue about security settings (I make good money removing spyware and
hardening IE on other people's systems and since I offer to install
Mozilla many switch and never need help again). IE will catch up in
features with Mozilla (tabs, popup blocker) with XP Service Pack 2.
Spyware is installed as Browser Objects, ActiveX and tricking people
into installing them (downloads) so Mozilla is less likely to get
spyware installed.

g-w