Wanna stop those annoying X10 camera popups? Well, you don’t need to mess with getting a popup stopper or other app. Make fun of Microsoft all you like, but they did include a way to stop popups in IE.

Next time you open your browser, click on Tools, then Internet Options. Next, click on the Security tab. Then click on the icon that says “restricted sites.” Once there you can add sites that you want to restrict. Add these to the list.

• x10.com
• doubleclick.net
• doubleclick.com

That should stop popup advertising from X10 and doubleclick.

Personally, I use Opera as my browser (yes, I paid for it.) You can do the same thing in Opera too. They have a quick preferences, under file, where you can just set the browser to block all popups no matter what. That’s nice, but it’s a bit of a pain if you are ordering something online and the order form is in a popup. But if you go to the full preferences in Opera, then select privacy, you can set the filters for certain servers. From the drop down, select Refuse from Server, or Refuse from Domain, and then add in the domains listed above. In fact you can add those domains in for both Refuse from Server/Domain. And there you go boys and girls. Popups from those domains will be shut down.

Let me know if you know of any other domains or servers that create popups. We can keep a running list here for reference.

If you are a bit more computer literate, try making a host file. In fact, you don’t have to make one, you can download the mother of all host files from Stephen Martin.

Can I get a booyah?