How Do I Allow Popups?

There are two methods for Ad-Watch to block pop-ups: aggressive pop-up blocking and black listing.

Note: A white list allows through all sites on the list and blocks others. A black list blocks all sites on the list and allows through others.

If you want to see a particular pop-up but cannot, and you know that your browser or other software is not blocking advertisements including pop-ups, first check whether the pop-up is being blocked by Ad-Watch through its aggressive pop-up blocking. Note: White lists are not included in the current Ad-Aware version and you cannot add the pop-up to your list of trusted sites. If it is not, then modify your black list.

Do as follows:

• Disable aggressive popup-blocking. The aggressive popup-blocking feature is based on behavior and cannot be modified to allow certain sites. It is turned on by default. To turn it off:
  • Open Ad-Aware.
  
  
  • Click on the “Ad-Aware Configuration Windowâ€? icon.
  
  
  • Click on “Tweakâ€?.
  
  
  • Click the “+â€? sign next to “Ad-Watchâ€? to expand the Ad-Watch branch in the tree view
  
  
  • Deselect the “Block pop-ups aggressivelyâ€? option. It is recommended to have this option turned on, so you might want to turn it back after you are done viewing the pop-up you wish to allow.
  
  


• Try removing the URL of the pop-up from the black list. If disabling aggressive pop-up blocking has no effect, remove the URL of the pop-up you wish to view from the Ad-Watch black list. The black list can be manually altered. Do as follows:
  • Make sure that logging of pop-ups is turned on. In Ad-Watch, click on “Toolsâ€?, then “Optionsâ€?.
  
  
  • In the right-hand panel, scroll down until you find the “Log Blocked Popupsâ€? option.
  
  
  • Click the cross on red circle to turn it into a cross on green circle. The "Log Blocked Popups" option is now enabled.
  
  
  • Surf to the site that has the pop-up you wish to allow. When Ad-Watch closes the popup the site attempts to display, it will add an entry to the end of the Event log containing the URL of the blocked pop-up, e.g., <a href="http://www.advertising.com/" target="_blank">http://www.advertising.com/</a>.
    
  
  
  • In Ad-Watch, click “Popupsâ€?. The list of blocked sites (black list) is displayed.
  
  
  • In this list, locate your pop-up and delete it.
  
  
  • Note: The black list contains only the domain names of the blocked sites. Assuming the URL of your pop-up is <a href="http://www.advertising.com/" target="_blank">http://www.advertising.com/</a>, the black list entry for this site is advertising.com. Another way to edit the black list is to open it in Notepad. The file name of the list is “sites.txtâ€?, and if you can find it in your Ad-Aware folder. If you edit “sites.txtâ€? in Notepad, restart Ad-Watch to make the changes effective.