Free toolbars for your browser
Popular toolbars
MSN toolbar - available in a variety of languages, with search, links
to messenger and hotmail,
has a great highlight feature we've not seen elsewhere. It shows a mini
view of hte page so you can find combinations of highlighteed words and
move swiftly to them.
Stops popups.
highly recommended.
Yahoo toolbar - with or without anti-spy - we've not used this one so can't comment
Free stuff for your browser
Always be careful installing new software. protect yourself from possible spyware by using something like the Microsoft anti-spyware software
| CoffeeCup
PopUp Blocker - http://www.coffeecup.com/popup-blocker/ Stop annoying ads and block access to adult websites with the parental control features in this easy to use software. |
| Microgarden
Themebar - http://www.microgarden.com/themebar/ Utility to customize the appearance of Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Windows Explorer. Runs from the System Tray. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP |
| Historykill - http://www.historykill.com/ Delete Internet temp files, history and cookies. Stop annoying pop-up/pop-under ads. Automatically cover web surfing tracks immediately after closeing the web browser. [Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP] |
| PopUpCop
Internet Irritation Blocker - http://www.popupcop.com/ Add-on for Internet Explorer version 5 that suppresses advertisements and a variety of other annoyances that degrades the quality of Web surfing. |
| Popup
Eliminator - http://www.surfsecret.com/products/product-PPELM.html Blocks annoying advertisements and popunders Internet Explorer v6 and Netscape support. [Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP] |
| PopupDummy!
Popup Killer - http://www.dummysoftware.com/popupdummy.html Software blocks all advertisements from Internet Explorer, Netscape, and desktop applications. No setup needed, resides in the system tray, includes safe list, bypass hotkey, and sound effects. |
| Synergetic
Soft - http://www.synergeticsoft.com/ Designer of Popup, and Privacy Defender, which closes pop-up windows and protects Internet surfing privacy. |
| CuteShield
IE Popup Blocker - http://www.sys-shield.com/ Blocks the creation of unwanted ad windows. [Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP] |
| SK
Lab - http://www.webknacks.com/ AntiPopUp for Internet Explorer automatically closes a sponsor's popups. It acts as an Internet eraser by cleaning cache files, cookies, visited URLs, typed URL address dropdown list, and the history folders. Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP, Internet Explorer 5.0. |
| Popup
killer review - http://www.popup-killer-review.com/ Offers review and online tests for pop-up killer software. |
| Super
Pop-up Blocker - http://www.shareware4web.com/ Stop annoying popup ads and protect your internet privacy. |
| AdsGone
Popup Killer - http://www.adsgone.com/ Ad stopper software prevents unwanted ads from opening and stops many banner from loading while browsing the web. |
| SyvumClick
for Internet Explorer - http://www.syvum.com/click/download.html Lookup word meanings, and translate text into another language from the Web pages you visit, simply by selecting the relevant portion of the text. [Win95/98/Me/NT/2000] |
| Forty
Software, L.L.C. - http://www.forty.com/ Download wonder allows users to continue browsing while files download, download multiple files simultaneously and download files to completion even if browser is closed. |
| Ataspec
Software - http://www.ataspecsw.com/ Stop unwanted advertisement banners with an ad-obfuscating tool for visual privacy protection. Control your desktop visual environment. Low cost solution. Works with AOL and MSN. Tool can also double as a picture file viewing utility. |
| QuikShield
Popup Blocker by Goggle Software - http://www.quikshield.com/ Software protects privacy in three ways blocking popup windows, hiding Web, AOL, and Chat windows, and clearing Internet history and cookies. Product specifications, screenshots, FAQs, and downloads. |
| WebSite-Watcher - http://aignes.com/ Checks web sites for updates and changes. When changes are detected, it saves the last two versions to your hard disk and highlights all changes in the text. Supports IE/NS/Opera Browser-Integration, Import and Export. |
| Flash
Catcher - http://www.justdosoft.com/ Internet Explorer browser add-on downloads flash animation from the web. |
| Polar
Bear Computer Software Studio - http://www.speaktext.com/ Speak Web Text XP is software which can speak out any text on web pages you select. |
| Zero
Popup - http://www.tooto.com/zeropopup.htm Intelligently kill annoying popup, floating ads, web spies, and ActiveX malicious files without Interfering normal browsing |
| Favorites
Management Master - http://www.qksoft.com/ Tool to check dead links in IE Favorites and searches those web pages instantly. |
| 1Tabview - http://www.1tabview.com/index.htm Web browser application. Open a hundred pages/tabs in one window with one click. A user-friendly GUI and totally customizable navigational structure. Web based user guide, forum, FAQs, and download. |
| Popup
Killer - http://www.popup-killer.info/ Offers review of advertisement killers and stoppers and free trial downloads. |
| 0pop - http://www.0pop.com/ Destroys unsolicited pop-ups before they open. It also clears history, cookies, typed URLs, and cache. Two versions available free for no profit organizations, and shareware for commercial usage. [Windows 98/ME/NT 4/2000/XP] |
| GL-AD
Popup Terminator - http://www.gleanersoft.com/ Kill those annoying ads in Internet Explorer. [Windows 98/2000/NT/XP] |
| Elitesys - http://www.sparkleware.com/ Makers of Superbot offline browser and Entry brute force attack tester. |
| StopCop
Popup Blocking Software - http://www.softdd.com/popupblocker/index.html Immediately stop all kinds of popups, including windows spam messages, and pop-under windows, and even in-line browser advertising popups. |
| WeatherAloud - http://www.nextup.com/WeatherAloud/ Software which converts weather forecasts on web sites to spoken word. [Windows 95/98/NT/2000] |
| Close
Popup - http://www.ryanware.com/close_popup.html Detects and closes the annoying windows from any web site. Runs as a tray icon, and requires VB5 runtime files. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000] |
| Retsina
Software Solutions - Popup Killer & Ad Stopper - http://iemate.retsinasoftware.com/ IEMate is a plug-in for Internet Explorer to block advertisement windows; block Messenger spam, disable Load/Unload JavaScript, and control the images size that you want to download. |
| Dropit - http://www.spinnerbaker.com/dropit.htm Stores, quickly retrieves, and drops the text you have to type into Internet forms. [Win95/98] |
| Save
flash - http://www.saveflash.com/ Save any Flash animation with one click. |
| Tooto
Technologies, Inc. - http://tooto.plastiqueweb.com/ Zero Popup Killer is a small, effective, and intelligent anti-popup software product than can kill annoying popup windows without human intervention by using artificial intelligent and intelligent agent technologies. Designed for IE 4.0 or above running in Windows 9x/2000/ME/NT as a browser add-in. |
| Accurate
Popup Killer - http://www.zzztech.com/ Stops popup windows, and ad windows are blocked. It doesn't interfere with normal browsing. |
| Internet
Watcher - http://www.internetwatcher.com/Eng/Index.htm Advertisement filter, real time cookie filter, protection from inappropriate contents, proxy server, and browser optimizer. [Win95/98/Me/NT/2000] |
| Kapere - http://www.kapere.com/ Add extra performance to the Internet browser. It includes a download manager and, accelerator, a website drabber, popup killer, file locator, advertisement filtering module, and a newsgroup binary extractor. Product specifications, screenshots, plugins, and downloads. |
| Zero
Ads - http://www.zeroads.com Download free trial software and surf the internet with out any unwanted banners or pop ups. |
| Ad
Blocker - http://www.cdkm.com/ Intelligent anti-ad software that closes pop-up windows, blocks ad sites, removes banners, image ads and flash ads. |
| URL
Toy Software - http://www.urltoy.com/ Saves a list of Internet addresses and restores them in browsers by one mouse click. |
| Infintron
Bookmark Tracker - http://www.infintron.com/ Web site tracker and bookmark manager. Tracks web sites and notifies user of changes. Track keywords and phrases. Track reliability and availability statistics as well as history. [Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP] |
| Surfing
Spy Hidden Internet Browser Usage Monitor - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/esmsoftware/sspy.htm A small utility that runs hidden in the background, taking note of all the Internet sites that were visited using Microsoft's Internet Explorer, as well as Netscape's Navigator. [Win95/98] |
| FlashFavorite - http://www.pipisoft.com/product.htm Browse and download flash files on the currently open web page. Preview each Flash (.swf) file with the built-in viewer and optionally rename it and save the Flash clip in a user defined category. |
| Virtual
Innovations - http://www.vinn.com.au/ Net M@nager v3.02 with SMS messaging is a standalone, multi-page web browsing tool that works with Microsoft IE. Broadband optimization, Access to IE favorites and up to 32 sites can be configured for auto-download. [Win 95/98/NT/2000] |
| NitroShock - http://www.nitroshock.com/ Windows Pop up stopper and, banner add remover software. Requires Internet Explorer. |
| popSmarts
Popup Killer - http://www.birnamlabs.com/ Software integrates creating an explorer bar inside Internet Explorer. Software descriptions, screenshots, FAQs, download, and contact details. [Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP] |
| FasterInternet
PRO - http://www.fasterinternetpro.com/ Block pop-ups, filter ads, automatically translate and speedup downloading web pages. Optimize the computer for the Internet and surf the web faster. |
| I
Hate Popups - http://www.ihatepopups.com/ Blocker can be disabled or enabled. Software descriptions, and download. |
| AdBolish - http://www.adbolish.com/ Blocks popups, banners, flash ads, messenger service ads, and detects spyware. |
| CustomMenu - http://yellowriversw.com/about_custommenu.htm Adds new URL menus on IE/ Netscape browser's menu bar, which lets you access 1000+ chosen URLs, and is classified in nine categories. [Win95/98/Me/NT/2000] |
| Surf
Pal Internet Explorer Toolbar - http://www.panicware.com/product_surfpal.html Protect your privacy online and prevent pop-up windows with this browser add-on that works directly within Internet Explorer 5.x and provides one-click cleaning, pop-up window control. [Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/NT/2000] |
| Erase
Cache Cookies PopUps - http://www.erasecachecookies.com/ Software to block cookies and PopUps. |
| PopUp
Destroyer - http://www.mypersonalsoftware.com/PopUp_Destroyer Software that automatically closes all advertisement windows, works with all Internet browsers. Feature automatic new-browser detection, program will auto-configure itself. |
| Emerald
PopStop - Block Popup Windows for IE - http://www.emeraldpopstop.com/ Software to control how ads are blocked, runs in the system tray. Product specifications, screenshots, online help, and download a 30 trial version. |
| HiProxy - http://www.helgasoft.com/hiproxy/default.htm Proxy support utility that allows quick and easy proxy setting, directly from the browser window. Build and maintain proxy server lists. Requires Internet Explorer 5.0, or newer. [Win95/98/Me/NT/2000] |
| TopLang
Software Studio - http://www.toplang.com/popupadkiller.htm Popup Ad Killer kills all pop-up advertising windows when browsing the on Internet. |
| Smart-ie - http://www.smart-ie.com Helps you surf with no pop-up windows, even with Javascript enabled. Also features in-place navigation, download accelerator, and navigation from referring URL. Requires Internet Explorer. |
| ADKia - http://www.jqml.com/ Stand alone anti-ad software to stop pop-up windows, kill GIFs, and Flash banners. Works in automatic mode or manual mode, ease to control, pause/restart kill ads, and select/deselect a kill task. |
| Popup
Silencer - http://www.pcmesh.com/popup-remover.htm Utility to remove all annoying browser popups and popunders. |
| Banner
Fighter - http://www.bannerfighter.com/ Avoid sticky banners automatically. Software automatically stops banners and ads of any type, including Flash banners. Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Internet Explorer. |
| Popup
Fighter - http://www.popupfighter.com/ Lightweight plug-in for Internet Explorer, Netscape and Opera to stop unwanted ads. This software automatically closes all annoying windows that appear when surfing the Net. [Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP] |
| SmoothSurfin - http://www.smoothsurfin.com/ Popup blocker for Internet Explorer, blocks virtually all unwanted popups immediately and automatically. Flexible "whitelist" system to specify URLs and domains from which to allow popups. |
| Rock
Ryno Software - http://www.rockryno.com/ Features Pop-Stop, an easy to use and effective pop up ad blocker. Blocks banner and pop-up ads in Kazaa!. Software descriptions, screenshots, and trial download. |
| Favorites
Sweeper - http://manitools.tripod.com/ Link checker that helps you clean up Internet Explorer favorites. It lists dead links, allowing you to remove them. [Win95/98/Me/NT/2000] |
| Killer-Popup-Pro - http://www.killer-popup-pro.com/ Offering popup ad killers, blockers, and stoppers software. Software overview, screenshots, FAQs, and trial downloads. |
| BrowserSwitch - http://www.coolware.com/switch/ Automates the instant configuration of the default browser on PCs running Windows95/98. |
| PopIE
Popup Controller - http://www.popie.com/ Protect Microsoft Internet Explorer, from annoying popup and popunder advertising windows. Add sites to an exception list. |
| Popup
Slaughter - http://www.raxarsoft.com/ Advertisement killer that blocks all windows, closes sites, removes banners and ad images. |
| Flashdown - http://www.hy2000.com/dpgoogle.htm Integrates with Internet Explorer to download and save Flash movies from the Internet. |
| PAK
Indexer - http://www.icon.co.za/~pak/ Index the contents of a collection of web pages. Then use the index to browse the collection. Requires Internet Explorer 5.0. |
| Absolute
Futurity POP-Stopper - http://www.absolutefuturity.com/Pop-Stopper.htm Quickly removes those annoying popups as they appear. |
| My
Favorites - http://www.bestzips.com/products/mf/ Increase surfing efficiency by launching five websites simultaneously within seconds, with just one click. [Win 95/98/NT/2000] |
| Popup
Killer - Meaya Software - http://www.popup-killer.com/ Software that stops unsolicited advertisement windows appearing. |
| SurfVCR - http://www.lencom.com/SurfVCR.html Records individual web surfing and plays it back. |
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