About Pop-up Guard and blocking pop-up windows

Pop-up Guard is a feature of MSN Toolbar that helps prevent pop-up windows from opening while you browse the Internet.

The Pop-up Guard only blocks pop-up windows that open when you have not taken any action, such as clicking a link. Pop-up Guard allows one pop-up window to open when you click a link or button.

Pop-up Guard will block these types of pop-up windows from opening automatically:

Pop-up and pop-under advertising windows
Windows that open after a page loads
Windows that open when you leave a site or when you close your browser

Pop-up Guard will allow these types of pop-up windows to open:

Windows that open from links that you click and that open in new windows
Pop-up windows from any site on your allow list
Pop-up windows from an intranet site (when this option is selected)
A pop-up window that you allow (by pressing and holding the CTRL key while refreshing the page)
The Highlight Viewer window

Pop-up Guard does not block these types of windows:

Instant messaging windows
Flash or DHTML windows within the browser
Windows that display error or alert messages
Windows that open because of spyware, adware, or other malicious software installed on your computer

Notes

When you install software from the Internet, you may be required to allow pop-up windows for the download site.
To prevent conflicts, we recommend that you use only one pop-up blocking program at a time.