Popup windows can be really aggravating when they are unrequested. We have all been to sites which inflict one popup ad after another, even when you try to close out of the window. It makes you wonder what these people are thinking.

The three programs below will help eliminate this nonsense - two are free, one is very reasonably priced - for Windows only...

"EMS Free Surfer" is an intelligent popup stopper, cache cleaner and surfing companion from EMS-Project. FS and its fs-20 inference chain engine does not in any way interfere with opening new windows. No white lists, block lists or anything; just start it and surf in peace. About 1.5 MB - Freeware.

"Popup Popper" will blast unwanted popups while still allowing them from sites you trust. Contains no spyware and allows you to control what gets popped and what does not. Requires very little space on your harddrive, however during setup you may be prompted to download some necessary files that might not be present on your machine (depending on your system). Freeware.

"Popup Zero Pro" is so smart that it can identify and block only advertising popup windows and keep the "good" pop-ups when you are surfing online. With advanced programming, Popup Zero Pro even can block web page dialog ads - a new kind of ad pop-ups. With White List, Popup Zero Pro also can help you customize the popup level based on every web site. Inexpensive shareware.