for the pop up thing... i get zero.. if you have your internet explorer security settings and DISABLE scripting... i get no pops when searching, and also none when using kazaa... but this does have it's con.
when you disable scripting, some sites won't load, ex.. hotmail, or aol.com (i think) but all you do is enable it for that one moment, and when your done DISABLE it again. but it gets out basically all pop ups, i rarly get them
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