i NEVER get popups, even from those dangerous sites, what i do is cookie prompting, if any site wants to put a cookie on my computer that either appears to have nothing to do with the site im visiting (
www.a.trubalfusion.com) or anything with the word ad in it, then most likley its for ads, and i block em, but stuff that looks useful, like something that has the site's address and login somewhare in it, most likly has something to do with keeping you loged into the site your at. its sorta complicated, but since ive been doing this, i havent had popups since 2005. when i do get them, very VERY rarley, i run xoftspy (they changed their name) and root out those annoying cookies, and at the same time, add them to my block list. while im at it, i notice 1-2 viruses, to none every couple of months, a lot less then when i had my computer automatically accept them. firefox allows me to allow the cookie on my computer for a session, so when i dont know if the cookie is really needed, then i could click allow for session, and when i close the window, the cookies are deleted.
If i accidently block a cookie, and for some reason it wont let me log into a site or something like that, then theres this little icon next to the planet icon at the bottom of internet explorer that has an eye and a not allowed symbol, double click on that to open up the blocked cookies, find the one that you thing is stoping you from loging in, and it will have 3 option boxes (more like bubbles), chosing always allow will obviously allow the cookie into your computer. sorta complicated, if you want me to write up a full guide, send me a request at
Bobarama7k@yahoo.com, ill be sure to make it easy to understand