Earthlink helps subscribers suppress pop-up ads
Earthlink continues its efforts to help its 5 million subscribers have a better online experience by releasing the Pop-Up Blocker app for suppressing the irritating pop-up ads (basically stopping rich media ads) that interrupt your surfing etc. according to this InternetNews.com story:
Pop-Up Blocker has two levels of pop-up blocking. 'Full' stops all pop-ups. 'Normal' allows users to enable pop-up windows on all 'clicked' hyperlinks like calendars or charts and conduct business on secure Web sites, such as online banking or e- commerce transactions, while still continuing to block superfluous pop-up ads.
EarthLink has garnered a bevy of attention for its anti-spam efforts, including a recent $16 million judgment against Howard Carmack, the so-called "Buffalo Spammer." New York's attorney general, Elliot Spitzer, later credited EarthLink with aiding the investigation of Carmack that led to his arrest last month.