How to Disable Common pop-up Blockers

Pop-up Blocker in Google Chrome
Windows XP Pop-up Blocker Using Internet Explorer
AIM Toolbar
AOL Toolbar
Earthlink
Firefox
Google Toolbar for IE
Mozilla/Netscape
McAfee Internet Security
MSN Toolbar
Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security 2005 and 2006
Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security 2004 and earlier
Popup Manager
Pop-Up Stopper
Safari (Macintosh Computers)
Starware Toolbar
Viewpoint Toolbar
Yahoo Toolbar
Zone Alarm Pro

Google Chrome

Google Chrome blocks pop-ups from appearing automatically and cluttering your screen. When pop-ups are detected for a site, an alert shows up at the bottom right-hand corner of the window and displays the number of pop-ups that have been blocked. You can click the alert if you want to see any of the pop-ups. If you don't want to be notified about blocked pop-ups for the site, click the x to dismiss the alert.

Allow pop-ups

Sometimes you don't want pop-ups to ever be blocked for a certain site. If that's the case, follow these steps to allow pop-ups:

Visit the site where you want pop-ups to always appear.
Click the Pop-ups Blocked alert at the bottom right-hand corner of the browser tab.
Select Always show pop-ups from (site).

If you want to change this setting for the site at a later point, follow these steps:

Visit the site again.
Click the Manage pop-ups alert at the bottom right-hand corner of the browser tab.
Deselect Always show pop-ups from (site).

Windows XP Pop-up Blocker Using Internet Explorer

To disable

Open Internet Explorer.
On the Tools menu, point to Pop-up Blocker, and then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.
Choose the Turn Off Pop-up Blocker option.

To allow pop-ups for the DealerCenter Website

From the Internet Explorer tool-bar, Select Tools menu, from the drop down menu, Select Internet Options then Select the Privacy tab (at the bottom of the Pirvacy window should be a Pop-up Blocker section), Select the Settings button.
Add this address to the "Address of Website to allow." http://www.dealercenter.net
Select the Add button, then Select the Close button, then Select the OK button.

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AIM Toolbar

AIM Toolbar is often inadvertently installed along with AOL Instant Messenger, an instant messaging software. This Toolbar provides search functionality and interacts with AOL Instant Messenger.

To disable

Click on the AIM button on the left end of the Toolbar. This will open the drop-down list.
Clicking on the Toolbar Options in the drop-down list will open the "AIM Toolbar Options"
Choose the pop-up Blocker Tab and uncheck the Block pop-up Windows box.
Click the OK button.

Once this is done, the user should be able to open the new window. If you are still unable to log in, you may have more Pop-Blockers to identify and disable.

AOL Toolbar

To disable

Click Settings on the AOL toolbar.
Click Pop-Ups in the Essentials tab.
Click Off - Do not block any pop-ups
Click Apply and OK to close the options window.

To allow pop-ups from the DealerCenter Website

Click Settings on the AOL toolbar.
Click Pop-Ups in the Essentials tab.
In the Web Pop-Ups tab of the Pop-Up Control Settings window select Allow Web pop-ups from these sites.
Enter (http://www.dealercenter.net)
Click Add.
Click Save.

For more information you can visit: http://help.aol.com

Earthlink

To disable

Click the Protection button on the toolbar.
Click Pop-Up Blocker then Options.
Click Off - Do not block any pop-ups
Click Apply and OK to close the options window.

To allow pop-ups from the DealerCenter Website

Click the Protection button on the toolbar.
Click Pop-Up Blocker then Options.
Click Open Allow List
Right-click on the first blank line, then type the full address of the site ( http://www.dealercenter.net) and then press 'Enter' on your keyboard.
Click OK to close the list.
Click Apply and OK to close the options window.

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Mozilla Firefox

To disable

Open the Options window in Firefox.
Click on the Content tab.
Uncheck the Block pop-up Windows option.Click OK to close the options window.

To allow pop-ups from just the DealerCenter Website

Click Exceptions.
Enter this address( *.dealercenter.net)
Click Allow then Close

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Google Toolbar for IE

Google toolbar has two ways that you can turn off the pop-up blocker.

To disable

Open the Google Toolbar Options window by clicking on the options button.
In the Accessories section click off checkbox next to the pop-up blocker option

To allow pop-ups from the DealerCenter Website

Click Add to whitelist. OR
Click on the following button on the toolbar.

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Mozilla/Netscape

Open the Edit toolbar menu and choose the Preferences option.
On the right-hand column, under the Privacy & Security Preferences category, click on the pop-up Windows topic. (If no sub-categories are visible, double-click on the title Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
You can either de-select the box next to Block unrequested pop-up windows to completely disable the pop-up blocking software, or add DealerCenter to a list of allowed sites.
To do this, click the Allowed Sites... button, type http://www.dealercenter.net into the text field, and then click the Add. Click OK.
An alternative method of doing this is to browse to the DealerCenter website (http://www.dealercenter.net), and then click on the Tools toolbar menu. Choose pop-up Manager and then select the Allow Popus From This Site option.

McAfee Internet Security

point to McAfee Pop-Up Blocker
deselect Enable Pop-up Blocker

McAfee also has a feature that allows the user to hold down the Ctrl key while clicking the refresh button which will allow the pop-up to load.

MSN Toolbar

MSN Toolbar is the latest of the toolbars, but is starting to gain popularity. As with Yahoo and Google Toolbars, it allows other features on top of Pop-Up Blocking. Below is the MSN Toolbar:

The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:

To disable Pop-Up Blocking, Click on the Down arrow to the right of the text to bring up the Menu:

Click on Allow Pop-ups.

Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security 2005 and 2006

Norton Internet Security 2005 usually adds a yellow and orange orb icon to your system tray in the Windows taskbar. You may be able to right-click on it and Disable.(see above picture)
Otherwise, click on Start>Programs>Norton Internet Security>Norton Internet Security. In the left hand pane of the Norton Internet Security window click on Norton AntiSpam.
Choose the Status and Settings view under Norton AntiSpam. If Settings for Pop-up Blocking display a green checkmark, then Turn Off Pop-up Blocking. To do this, Click on the words Pop-up Blocking.
Click Pop-Ups Blocking -> Turn off.
It should now look like this
The last step is to clear your Cache. To do this you can open Tools >Internet Options > click the "Delete Files..." button OR from the assessment page, while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl key & the Shift key use your mouse to press the browsers refresh button.

For more information you can visit: SymantecSupportSite

Remember that the last step after turning off Norton Internet Security's pop-up blocker is to to either delete your Cache or to Refresh the assessment page while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl & Shift keys to open a non-cached copy of the assessment page.

Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security 2004 and earlier

Norton Internet Security 2004 usually adds a blue and green orb icon to your system tray in the Windows taskbar. You may be able to right-click on it and Disable. (see above image)
Otherwise, click on Start>Programs>Norton Internet Security
In the left hand pane of the Norton Internet Security window choose the Status and Settings view under Norton Internet Security. If Settings for Ad Blocking display a green checkmark, then Turn Off Ad Blocking. To do this, Click on the words Ad Blocking. The Ad Blocking Pane should appear in the right hand pane.
Click Turn Off.
The last step is to clear your Cache. To do this you can open Tools >Internet Options > click the "Delete Files..." button OR from the assessment page, while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl key & the Shift key use your mouse to press the browsers refresh button.

For more information you can visit: SymantecSupportSite

Remember that the last step after turning off Norton Internet Security's pop-up blocker is to to either delete your Cache or to Refresh the assessment page while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl & Shift keys to open a non-cached copy of the assessment page.
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Popup Manager

Another popular Pop-Up Blocker, this software is also designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It installs a toolbar within the browser:

To disable Pop-Up Blocking, click on the arrow to the right of the badge and a menu will appear with a list of options:

Click on Disable pop-upCop. Once this is done, the user should be able to open the new window. If you are still unable to log in, you may have more Pop-Blockers to identify and disable.

Popup Manager (for Internet Explorer 8)

Launch a new Internet Explorer browser window and navigate to http://www.dealercenter.net
Click on the Tools icon on the top right of your screen. Find the pop-up blocker and select to turn off.
In the resulting drop-down menu, select the option Pop-up Blocker Settings and add *.dealercenter.net

Note: In order to enable pop-ups on an individual basis, press the Ctrl key while clicking on whatever is initiating the desired pop-up window.
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Pop-Up Stopper

If you have Pop-Up Stopper, an icon will appear in the bottom right hand corner of your screen.

To disable the blocker, right-click on the Pop-Up Stopper software icon.
Un-check the checkbox next to Enable pop-up blocking.
You can re-enable the software when you are done with your assessment.

Safari (Macintosh Computers)

Open Safari
Click on the Safari Settings
Uncheck "Block Pop-Up Windows"

Starware Toolbar

To allow pop-ups from www.dealercenter.net, launch a new Internet Explorer browser window and navigate to http://www.dealercenter.net. Once you are on the DealerCenter home page, click on the pop-up Blocker button in the Starware Toolbar. Once you do, the toolbar button will change to indicate that pop-ups will now be allowed from DealerCenter.
To completely disable the pop-up blocker, click on the arrow next to the Starware logo on the left-hand end of the toolbar. This will display the main menu; select the
Preferences
... option from the resulting drop-down list. In the message window that appears, uncheck the box to Enable pop-up Blocker. Click OK to close the window.

Viewpoint Toolbar

Viewpoint Toolbar is often inadvertently installed along with Viewpoint Player, a media player software. This Toolbar provides search functionality and shows snapshots of search results' pages.

Clicking on the word Viewpoint on the right end of the Toolbar will open the drop-down list.

Clicking on the Options Menu in the drop-down list will open the "Viewpoint Toolbar Options". To disable Pop-up Blocking choose the Pop-ups Tab and uncheck the Enable Pop-up Blocker box. Then click the OK button.

Yahoo Toolbar

Probably the most popular toolbar, this program allows several other functions besides Pop-Up Blocking. Listed below is how the bar will appear within IE:

To disable Pop-Up Blocking, Click on the Down arrow to bring up the Menu:

Uncheck the entry Enable Pop-Up Blocker.

Once this is done, the user should be able to open the assessment window. If you are still unable to log in, you may have more Pop-Blockers to identify and disable.
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Zone Alarm Pro

To disable the pop-up blocker in ZoneAlarm Pro:

Open the Zone Alarm program by clicking your Start Button and accessing the Zone Alarm folder under Programs.
Click on Privacy.
Turn off Cookie Control, Mobile Code and Pop Up control.