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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 8:10 pm
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I am sick of Orbitz pop-ups!

It seems like all I do any more is kill Orbitz....I would never buy a ticket from them.
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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 8:17 pm
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How do you get rid of Orbitz?
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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 8:51 pm
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With the current introduced fees...i doubt that anyone would buy a tkt from them.

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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 9:27 pm
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other than the fact that they do generally have the best rates, orbitz is annoying
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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 9:33 pm
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If Orbitz can save me money, then I don't care about a pop up when you use it (and they are certainly not the only one using pop under ads), nor do I care about a $5 fee that is always waived for me.

There are tons of utility software out there to eliminate pop ups and pop unders, and as long as the savings is there who cares what you have to go through to get it?
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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 9:48 pm
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http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller
one of the pop up killer programs - works reasonably well.... got rid of the casino ads!

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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 11:18 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by askworldtraveler:
http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller
one of the pop up killer programs - works reasonably well.... got rid of the casino ads!

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Thanks. I'm always amazed how useful FT can be
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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 11:27 pm
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Try this:

http://technoerotica.net/mylog/optouts.html
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 2:41 am
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I hate the Orbitz pop-ups.
I want to read the New York Times on line without Orbitz. Unfortunately its the NY Times that invites Orbitz.

I will not buy there anything, becuase the discounted fares are usually not upgradeable. And you can't find it out until after you bought the ticket...
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 4:13 am
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You may try Cookie Cop 2 at www.pcmag.com.
It allows you to either eliminate pop-up ad or be prompted when a pop-up is coming. (There is sometimes a need to let a pop-up thorugh.) It also allows you to control what cookies are on your hard drive and for how long as well.
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 7:56 am
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Does anyone get those obnoxious BofA ads and British Airway ads?
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 8:45 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by QuietLion:
Try this:

http://technoerotica.net/mylog/optouts.html
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What an excellent site! I didn't want to try to add any of the shareware pop-up killers because I've had bad luck with a few shareware programs that ended up screwing up my system. This site solves that problem.

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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 9:46 am
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Thank you Quietlion! Now I can relax when I browse
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 12:14 pm
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Thanks, QuietLion! Now if only there were a similarly easy way to turn off spam.
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 1:14 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bp888:
Thanks, QuietLion! Now if only there were a similarly easy way to turn off spam.</font>

One way i use from Hotmail is to block the address....
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