Can PreventPopup prevent nagging pop-up windows, banner ads and flash banners?
Pop-ups are obtrusive browser windows that appear on top of the web pages you visit. A banner add is typically a rectangular advertisement placed on a Web site either above, below or on the sides of the Web site's main content, and is linked to the advertiser's own Web site. While surfing the Internet, you are most likely to come across both advertising forms. Pop-up windows and banner ads could interrupt or slow your surfing. Some pop-up windows lead to more pop-ups when you attempt to close them. PreventPopup can help you prevent pop-ups and banner ads including flash banners from appearing while you surf the Internet.

Can I control cookies on my computer?
A cookie is a message given to a Web browser by a Web server and is stored in a text file on your hard disk. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from this server. Many web sites place cookies on a user’s computer to keep track of their surfing habits in next visits. Cookies may contain harmful data or could leek your personal information (such as your credit card number) to others. PreventPopup protects you from harmful cookies by blocking them. It also allows you to specify a safe list of the sites you wish to receive cookies from.

Why do I need to hide my operating system and browser information?
When you visit a web site you send a request through your browser to the server on which the web site resides. The requests sent by your browser could reveal information about the type of browser and the operating system you’re using. This may give the opportunity to malicious people to attack your computer using techniques designed specially for you operating system. PreventPopup maintains such sensitive information undisclosed to others and shields your system information.

Can I hide my web page titles and remove the information in the status bar?
Some web pages display information in their window status bar as you view them. This information can be ads, news, or anything else that you might not need to see. PreventPopup can prevent such information form appearing in your browser's status bar. You also might not wish others to see the titles of your web pages. PreventPopup can be configured to hide web page titles automatically.

What is the referrer blocking feature in PreventPopup?
Web sites typically contain hyperlinks that, if clicked, may take you to a different site on the World Wide Web. A server can recognize if a user was directed to its web site from another one or accessed the site directly, and can also identify the URL of the directing site. Such technique is known as referring. PreventPopup can help you block this referring mechanism to prevent sites from recognizing your surfing habits and collecting information about you.

Can I use PreventPopup to restrict access to specific web pages?
Yes, PreventPopup allows you to restrict accidental or intentional access to specific URLs. All you have to do is specify these URLs and neither you nor any one else using your browser will be able to access these sites until the restriction option is disabled.
I know that embedded scripting in some web pages can be hazardous.

Can PreventPopup help me stop running any scripts?
PreventPopup can prevent your browser from running any type of scripting embedded in the web pages you visit. However, you should know that disabling scripts could result in improper display of some web pages due to the fact that many web sites depend on scripting for display effects and user info validation.

Most web browsers can block images. Why is this a feature of PreventPopup?
Web pages that are heavy with graphics download slower than usual when you might only need the text they contain. PreventPopup allows you to prevent you browser form downloading images, which helps accelerate your Internet connection. PreventPopup allows you to do this with only one click of a mouse without having to go down a long string of dialogs as is the case with most web browsers.

Some web pages wouldn't let me display the right-click context menu. Can PreventPopup help me on this?
You might have come across a nice picture in a web page and tried to save it to your hard disk but couldn't display the context menu that contains the save command. Such web pages have the right-click context menu disabled for all its visible items. PreventPopup can help you overcome this problem by forcing the display of the context menu when you right-click any where on the page.

Is it easy to manage all controls in PreventPopup?
PreventPopup is designed with a view to combine powerful web protection and ease of use. The friendly user interface condenses all the protection options in two simplified screens of check boxes. You can manage all the controls by simply running the program and making a few clicks without having to navigate down a string of complicated dialogs. The program options are intended to be self-explanatory so as to facilitate knowing their functions. However, should you face any difficulty trying to figure out the function of one or two options you can refer to the detailed help files. Instant support is also available at our web site.

Will PreventPopup affect any of my other programs that require Internet access?
One of the main objectives of PreventPopup is to increase your bandwidth by eliminating all the unnecessary elements that take up a large part of your Internet resources. When you use PreventPopup you will notice how remarkably it enhances the performance of all programs using the Internet on your computer. PreventPopup has been tested on a number of platforms and with multiple applications. However, if you experience a system slow down or program conflict please inform our technical support team about this through our web site.

How do I upgrade my version of PreventPopup?
You can always get the latest updates for your software at the download section of our web site.