Introduction
 The errors

 Contents
 Questions

Introduction

Some web pages have legitimate errors on them. These occur when the programmer who created the page made a mistake. In these cases, you'll see the "Error on page" text above appear (if you're using Internet Explorer).

Some web page, on the other hand, don't have errors on them but GhostSurf may make them appear to have errors. This happens when the page has a popup advertisement, and you ask GhostSurf to block it. When trying to display the popup advertisement, the page will fail (because GhostSurf is rightly blocking the popup) and this failure will be reported as an error in the page, even though it's not really an error from your perspective (you want the popup to fail).

It is important to note that not all blocked popups result in an error. Only a small percentage do.

This section tries to explain how you can think of these errors, and how you may avoid them if you wish.

The Errors

Page errors that are caused by GhostSurf's blocking popups, generally speaking, will not hurt your Internet experience. They will, of course, prevent popup ads from appearing. But they will not, on the other hand, hurt the contents of the pages you view. They certainly will not affect the stability of your computer; from a stability and security standpoint, there is absolutely nothing about which to worry.

GhostSurf turns off Internet Explorer's "display error window" setting; in case an error does occur, you won't be bothered with Internet Explorer's error window--you'll just see the error icon in the bottom of its normal window. If you're using a different browser and you visit a lot of pages with popups, and they often report errors, you might want to consider turning off your browser's error display window.

If you want to avoid the error, you can allow popups for the page you're viewing. This will force GhostSurf to give the page to your web browser just as it came over the Internet, without removing advertisements. If the page still has an error, then it legitimately has an error; it's not GhostSurf's fault.