Just another reason why I havn`t made the switch from Win98. Sure, it crashes for no reason sometimes, but at least it doesn`t generate its own pop-ups (asides the "tool tips" and ALT text on web page images, but I like those) and doesn`t try to tell me what to do, or think it knows what I want it to do and then do it by itssself (unlike most MS Office products which think they`re so smart but infact end up costing me time removing all the damn autoformatting they do).
Incidentally I have never bought anything from a pop-up ad or Spam mail and never felt remotely inclined to do so. Most of it`s USA/Canada only anyway- I never do understand why I get those. I don`t even read Spam now I turned Message Preview off to stop those auto-tracking things getting my details. If the title looks like Spam (and let`s face it, they`re easy to spot), I send it to Spamcop and delete it. There`s even Spams going round that auto-launch an IE window up in your face, displaying their web site, or spawning nasty little browser pop ups that won`t go away. I hate those.
Let`s start a motion now to ban all Automatic Advertising Pop-up windows and make Spamming/Unsolicited Bulk Mailing illegal worldwide. It should be.