Free Surfer
note: For dialup users using Windows 98 or later, we now recommend using the Sonic.net Accelerator for pop-up blocking. For broadband users with Windows XP and Internet Explorer, we recommend using the Service Pack 2 popup block that is now a built-in feature.
Popup Stopper
EMS Project's Free Surfer is a popup-ad stopper utility, designed to intelligently prevent popup ads, flash advertizements, and animated gifs from ruining your online experience.
Download
Free Surfer is available here free: FreeSurfer21026Sonic.exe
note: this download is intended for use by Sonic.net customers only.
System Requirements
Free Surfer 2.1.026 runs only in a Microsoft Windows environment. Though it is optimized for use with Windows XP, it functions well in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows ME. No version for Macintosh or Unix variants exists at this time.
If you have a Macintosh, or use Linux, we recommend the Mozilla browser, which also offers pop-up blocking. To download Mozilla, visit http://www.mozilla.org/releases/stable.html. For information on configuration for blocking of pop-ups in Mozilla, see their FAQ.
Support
Sonic.net technical support staff will be happy to assist you with basic how-to and installation questions. EMS-Project, the makers of Free Surfer also have a support forum online for bug reporting and advanced topics.
Features
- Intelligent popup stopper with customizable rules and two surfing modes.
- Configuration free, just press start!
- FS-20 engine stops popups before they appear on screen; save bandwidth.
- FS-20 plugin support; FS gets better and better all the time.
- Snap manager; save your open browsers to a snap.
- Disable Flash and GIF animations.
- Implemented Panic! button and 'close browser' button; Total Panic! and 'Panic close' options closes badly behaving browsers.
- Home page lock prevents home page changes.
- Silent mode disables ActiveX-prompts.
- Use internal beeper or your own wavs to enable popup sound.
- Open multilanguage support; Italian, German, Swedish, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Nederlands, Finnish, Dansk ... Or implement any language you want!
- New slim mode
- WashBoard, cache cleaner plugin.
- Cleans temp files, cookies, autocomplete, typed URLs and my documents (recent document folder).
- Timing options. Cleaning can be done automatically after all browsers are closed or at a specific time of day.
