Using the Online Protection Dashboard
| Overview | Working With Anti-Spy | Working With Anti-Virus | Working With Pop-Up Blocker | Working With Parental Controls |
Working With Pop-Up Blocker
When you're browsing the Internet, pop-up windows can be very distracting. Pop-Up Blocker is a feature of both the AT&T Yahoo! Browser and the AT&T Yahoo! Toolbar that lets you manage pop-up windows. Pop-Up Blocker stops many types of windows that try to open automatically on top of your browser window, including:
- pop-up and pop-under ads
- windows that open after a page loads
- windows that open when you leave a site
- windows that open when you close your browser
From the Online Protection Dashboard, you can turn Pop-Up Blocker off and on.
Here's How
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Launch the Online Protection Dashboard. (Remind me how.)
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Click Pop-Up Blocker to open its display.
In the display, you can see how many pop-up windows Pop-Up Blocker has stopped since the last time the pop-up counter was reset.
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Turn Pop-Up Blocker off or on by clicking the Turn On/Turn Off button.
What's Next
For more details about working with Pop-Up Blocker, including how to specify specific domains to block or allow and how to reset the pop-up counter, see the tutorials listed below.
Words to Know
- Pop-up window: a window that tries to open automatically on top of or under a browser window.