Pop-up Blocker Not Working in Safari

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Pop-up Blocker Not Working in Safari

As the title says, I have Block Pop-ups checked in system preferences, but I still regularly have pop-up windows. These windows don't appear on top of my Safari Window, but when I go into Mission Control or the App Expose (not sure if its still called that?), I can see them.

Normally its that piece of junkware mackeeper. I dont appreciate seeing crap like that, but I can't find a way to natively block it!

I haven't used GlimmerBlocker yet as I very much would prefer a native solution. I tried to find a setting in safari where I can individually block pages by domain name but I wasnt able to find that either. Can anyone provide a native solution for this? Or any other solution. Thanks!

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Sep 27, 2013 3:53 AM

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Barney-15E

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Sep 27, 2013 4:29 AM in response to tim098

Some Pop-ups are not pop-ups, so they are not blocked by Safari's blocker. There is a new one I've seen that gets around the built-in blocker by reacting to the first click on a website. Since you are clicking, you are "allowing" the popup window.

You're only resort may be a third-party blocker.

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tim098 Author

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Sep 27, 2013 4:39 AM in response to Barney-15E

Thanks Barney. Can I clarify what you mean by 'reacting to the first click on a site'? FYI When I'm surfing the web I normally know what links/images/whatnot I should click and what I shouldnt - Adverts or links that could lead me to more walls of advertising. I also use adblock which helps quite a bit.

A friend told me to clear all cookies in Safari and see if it helps. There were far too many for me to individually delete the spam ones

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Barney-15E

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Sep 27, 2013 4:42 AM in response to tim098

I have been to websites that when you click somewhere on the content, doesn't matter where, it will open a popup ad. No real way to block that since you are "allowing" the window by the click. It only happens on the first visit of the day. It is more commonly tied to the dismiss X button on an overlay that requests you to join the site or sign up for something the site offers.

The click could possibly be blocked by a javascript blocker, but I imagine they are put up by the site and not redirecting from another server. So, you'd have to block the entire site's javascript.

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tim098 Author

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Sep 27, 2013 4:46 AM in response to Barney-15E

Ah I see! Thanks for that. May I also check with you, if I were to say click somewhere on the content thus 'allowing' the window, does that automatically grant it rights to store cookies? My cookies settings are currently set to "Block from 3rd parties and advertisers".

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