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SurfHelper: A popup window killer and history cleaner

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A free tool to remove popup windows, clear history, control window properties of IE, and more.
SurfHelper
Copyright (c) 2001 Xiaolin Zhang


Introduction
============
SurfHelper is a freeware. It was written to make surfing more comfortable
and efficient. Using SurfHelper, you can remove popup windows, clear 
history, control window properties of your browser, and more.


Requirements
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- Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000
- IE 4.0 or later (Version 4.71 and later of Shell32.dll)

Note: I only test this software in IE 5.0 and Windows 98/2000. If your 
environment is different from mine, please mail me the result. Thank you!


Features
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 - Remove popup windows by URL, title or window size.
 - Quickly clear internet URL history, typed URL, temporary internet files,
   internet cookies, autocomplete forms history, autocomplete passwords
   history, Internet Explorer favorites, temp files, run history, document
   history, last logon user, find files history, find computer history, 
   network connection history and telnet history.
 - Let IE window always show tool bar, menu bar, address bar, status bar 
   and always resizable.
 - Quickly hide IE windows.
 - Remove status bar modifiers, context menu disablers, "onunload" command,
   Flash, and timer. (not 100% worked)

Special Notes
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 - In Popup Manager, there is a context menu in each list control.
 - When you set "Disable" on, the "Clear selected items at exit" is disabled.

Revision History
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v1.3 (2001.11.4)
 - Fixed bug in clear network connection history.

v1.2 (2001.4.15)
 - Added hot key to set disable or enable state.
 - Fixed bug in clear network connection history.

v1.1 (2001.3.24)
 - Added hide IE windows feature.
 - Fixed bug in clear Internet URL history.

v1.0 (2001.3.12)
 - Fixed bug in save settings on exit.

v1.0 beta1 (2001.3.6)
 - The first release.


Comments and Bug Report
=======================
If you have any comments, please send it to zhang_xiaolin@21cn.com. If you 
are reporting a bug, please include a reliable repro.

WWW:    http://go.163.com/~xzhang/
Email:  zhang_xiaolin@21cn.com

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