Ryan²

Yes, it is an irritation. One way you can regain control of the situation is to buy a pop-up blocker. The one I use blocks all pop-ups, with the exception of Pixies and another site I use, as both sites invoke pop-ups I want to receive.

In the instance of Pixies, I have my configuration set to “open PM in another window”, which translates into a pop-up.

http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/popupwasher/

Yes, it costs money, but it is sufficiently modest that I felt the return of control was worth it.

Hope this helps.

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