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Introduction

Yes, this is another pop-up killer. Everyone hates pop-ups, doesn't it? But wait, PopX is the best among others like PopupKiller, PopStopper, PopFilter, etc.

PopX provides incomparable user experience. PopX is fully integrated with Internet Explorer window. It is loaded when an IE window starts, and when the IE window is closed, PopX unloads itself automatically. There is no forever-running program sitting in the system tray, monitoring browser activities and using up system resources.

PopX is smart. It neither asks you to maintain a black list nor blindly blocks any new windows. Instead PopX uses an intelligent algorithm to decide which pop-up windows are "real" pop-ups and block them even before they are downloaded to your computer.

PopX is powerful. It not only blocks hard pop-ups, but also detects soft pop-ups. All other pop-up killers on the market handle hard pop-ups only.

PopX is user friendly. PopX provides visible and audible pop-up alarms and detailed pop-up logs. When a pop-up is detected, an icon is shown on the PopX toolbar. The pop-up log records url of the pop-up and the web page generating the pop-up.

PopX is cost-effective. You pay only US$9.9 for the best pop-up killer on the market plus our un-limited technical support and the free upgrade of further coming new versions.

PopX needs IE 5.0 or above and works under Windows 95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP.

What's New

This version of PopX has a  re-designed user interface and many other new features:

  •  PopX now protects all websites using HTTPS protocol by default.

  •  PopX has defined a powerful protection mode called site protection mode.

  •  PopX detects and blocks soft pop-up now.

  •  PopX plays an animation whenever a pop-up is blocked.

  •  PopX has a user friendly reminder of current protect mode.

Install PopX

Download PopX.exe to your hard disk and double click the file to run setup. After PopX is installed, launch IE and you can see PopX toolbar sitting on the top of the IE window.

To enable PopX, click the View menu, go to Toolbars and check PopX. You can also right click on an empty space of the IE window and check PopX. When enabled, PopX toolbar is shown in the IE window and it will be shown automatically in all subsequent IE windows until you disable PopX.

To disable PopX, click the View menu, go to Toolbars and un-check PopX. You can right click on an empty space of the IE window and un-check PopX. PopX toolbar disappears from current IE window and all the subsequent IE windows.

To un-install PopX, go to Control Panel and double click Add/Remove Programs. Select PopX and click Remove.

Block Pop-ups

PopX automatically detects and blocks pop-up windows when you surfing Internet. PopX distinguishes between two types of pop-up:

  • Hard pop-ups: are those windows popping out of IE window, and users can manually close them.

  • Soft pop-ups:  embed within a web page, and float around inside IE window. Users can't do anything instead of staring at and bearing with them.

All other pop-up killers block only hard pop-ups, while PopX is the only one in the market that detects and blocks soft pop-ups. Whenever a pop-up is detected, PopX blocks it and gives users a friendly reminder by putting an icon on the PopX toolbar. PopX uses icon for hard pop-up, and for soft pop-up. When mouse is hovering over hard pop-up icon, the icon tip tells you the url of the blocked pop-up. If still skeptical, you can click on the icon and the blocked pop-up will be restored. PopX treats soft pop-up icon differently. First, no matter how many soft pop-ups have been blocked, there is only one soft pop-up icon displayed on the toolbar. Second, toggling the soft pop-up icon will disable PopX from blocking further coming soft pop-up for current IE instance, however, PopX still shows the icon whenever a soft pop-up is detected. Toggling back the soft pop-up icon will enable PopX to block soft pop-up.

In addition, if you have selected the logging pop-ups option in the preference page, PopX will record the blocked pop-ups and you can check them in the log page. To turn on or off blocking soft pop-up, or displaying pop-up icons on toolbar, go to preference page and check on or off these features.

Please note that PopX needs IE 5.5 or above to support detecting and blocking soft pop-ups. 

Protection List

Sometimes you do want to see all the information no matter they are from the main window or pop-up windows. For example, when on-line banking or stock trading, you do not want missing anything from the current web page(actually, PopX does not loss the pop-ups but hides them from you in those pop-up icons). PopX provides users with four different ways for protecting: page, site, local and Https  protection. If a web page is under one of the four protection modes, PopX lets the pop-ups pass by, otherwise the pop-ups will be blocked. 

  • Page Protection: the first button  on the toolbar is for setting this mode. If  button is unchecked, clicking on it puts current page under protection, and any pop-ups from this page will not be blocked. PopX maintains a non-blocking list, called protection list. Toggling button adds the url of current page to protection list, The next time you navigate to this page, PopX knows this page is protected by checking protection list. Clicking on  toggled  button again turns off page protection mode and remove the page from protection list.  You can also remove the page from protection list in the protection list page.

  • Site Protection: the second button  on the toolbar is for setting this mode. If   button is unchecked, pressing on it  puts the whole site on which the current page locates  under protection and adds current site to protection list. Any further pop-ups from this site will not be blocked. Clicking the toggled button turns off site protection mode and remove current site from protection list.  You can also remove the site from protection list in the protection list page .

  • Local Protection: Usually, local site is trusted and no pop-ups from local network should be blocked. That is why PopX set local protection on by default.  When users are navigating a local page, and local protection mode is enabled,  PopX grays out and disables the page and site protection buttons and puts a prompt at the right end of toolbar for reminding. Certainly, all local pop-ups will not be blocked. Since this mode is rarely changed once is set, PopX does not provide the accessibility  through toolbar for saving bar space. However, users could easily turn it on or off in the preference page.

  • Https Protection: Https represents secure hypertext transfer protocol, which is designed to transfer encrypted information between computers over the World Wide Web. Most implementations of the HTTPS protocol involve online purchasing or the exchange of private information. Accessing a secure server often requires some sort of registration, login, or purchase. Usually you do not want blocking anything from website using https protocol, that's why PopX turns this feature on by default. Users still have the option to turn it off in the preference page . When https protection mode is turned on,  PopX will gray out and disable  the page and site protection buttons and show  a prompt at the right end of toolbar for all pages using https protocol. And all pop-ups from https pages will pass through PopX.

Preference

Clicking the preference icon on PopX toolbar will launch the preference page. You can turn on or off the following features in the setting page:

  • Start PopX automatically with IE: PopX will be shown and enabled when IE is launched if this option is on.

  • Log blocked pop-ups: PopX will add the url of the blocked pop-up to the log list for later check up if this option is on.

  • Play a sound when a pop-up is detected: PopX will display a sound for blocked pop-up if this option is on.

  • Allow pop-ups from local network: PopX enables local Protection mode and let pop-ups from local network pass by, if this option is on.

  • Allow pop-ups from SSL:  PopX enables https protection mode and let pop-ups from pages using HTTPS protocol pass by, if this option is on.

  • Check soft pop-ups: PopX will detect and block soft pop-ups if this option is on. This feature needs IE 5.5 or above.  

Or you can delete  and add entries, upgrade protection mode inside the protection list page. You can view and delete the log of the pop-ups inside the pop-ups log page.

Terminology

Copyright

PopX is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program, or portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties.

Privacy Policy

PopX will not collect any of your private information during the registration and use of the program. The only information we keep track is the email address you provided in the registration and we will never disclose the email address to any third parties.

Contact Us

You are welcome to send any questions, comments or bug reports to popxsup@hotmail.com. Thanks for you support.

 


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