The AOL® Toolbar adds pop-up blocking functionality to your Internet Explorer® browser. When you need pop-ups allowed for Web browsing, you can turn off the Pop-Up Blocker or customize the Pop-up Blocker controls to allow pop-ups from certain sites.
Note: The Pop-up Blocker in the AOL® Toolbar software is a different piece of software that has slightly different behaviors than the AOL® Pop-up Controls in the AOL® software. The Pop-up Blocker settings in the AOL software are applied individually to each screen name on the account. Pop-up settings within the AOL Toolbar software will apply to any Web site that is accessed using the Internet Explorer browser.
Turn the AOL Toolbar pop-up blocker off
To turn the AOL® Toolbar Pop-up Blocker off, on the Internet Explorer window, on the AOL Toolbar, click the Blocking Pop-ups icon, and then click Turn Pop-up Controls Off.
Note: The Pop-Up Blocker icon will display a green light symbol over a white window icon to indicate that you have enabled pop-ups on all Web sites.
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Turn the AOL Toolbar pop-up blocker on
To turn the AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker on, on the Internet Explorer window, on the AOL Toolbar, click the Blocking Pop-ups icon, and then click Turn Pop-up Controls Off.
Note: The Pop-Up Blocker icon will display a red circle with slash symbol over a white window icon to indicate that all your Web pop-ups will be blocked. It will also provide a counter that indicates the number of Web pop-ups the AOL Toolbar has blocked to date.
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Allow/Block pop-ups from a specific Web site
You can also customize the AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker settings to allow pop-ups from specific sites that you are currently visiting.
To allow pop-ups from a specific Web site, on the Internet Explorer window, on the AOL Toolbar, click the Blocking Pop-ups icon, and then click Allow Pop-up from <Web site name>.
Note: The Pop-Up Blocker icon will display a green light symbol over a yellow window icon to indicate that you have allowed Web pop-ups to display on the current Web site that you are viewing.
To block pop-ups from a specific Web site, the Internet Explorer window, on the AOL Toolbar, click the Blocking Pop-ups icon, and then click Block Pop-ups from <Web site name>.
Note: The Pop-Up Blocker icon will display a red circle with slash symbol over a white window icon to indicate that you have blocked Web pop-ups to display on the current Web site that you are viewing.
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Customize your AOL Toolbar pop-up blocker
You can manually adjust the settings for you AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker to allow pop-ups from specific sites.
To customize your AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker:
1. On the Internet Explorer window, on the AOL Toolbar, click the Blocking Pop-ups or Allowing Pop-ups icon, and then click Set Pop-up Controls Preferences.
2. Under Web Pop-ups, choose the Allow Web pop-ups from these sites: option by clicking it.
3. In the Allow Web pop-ups from these sites: box, type the Web site address from which you want to allow pop-ups.
4. Click the Add button.
5. Click the Save button.
Note: To remove a Web site from the list, in the large box, click the Web site address you want to remove to highlight it, and then click the Remove button.
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