Just as an FYI, Google has the "Google Toolbar" (http://toolbar.google.com)
which blocks pop-ups within IE.  It is not Spyware and is really not
obtrusive at all.  It also gives you a quick way to search Google.

Tony Mayer


>updated Anti-virus.  The pop-up blocker in SP2 for IE can be taken care of
>by installing Avant Browser >over the top of IE, or by downloading a free
>one (check google for pop-up blockers). That and using a lot >of common
>sense about what to download, what sites to avoid, and what e-mails to
>ignore will go a long >way.  Judiciousness and common sense will do more
>to protect you from the wastes of skin who author >virii, and who hack
>your computer, than all the software in the world.

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