Blocking the remaining pop-ups

I know Apple says I can "block the vast majority" of pop-ups just through the Safari menu. I've done that. The problem is that there are so many pop-ups I still have to work around a pretty vast minority of them.
Are there any good downloads (or any other solutions) that will block unwanted pop-ups in Safari (currently using 4.0.4) without interfering with user-intended webpage activities?

Some popups are better able to be blocked by Firefox, or Camino than Safari. I'd try a variety of Mac web browsers on the websites you visit the most often, and choose the one that has the best combination of features and ability to visit websites you need*:
http://www.macmaps.com/browser.html
Note some popup addons such as PthHelmet have a tendency to break with Mac operating system updates, and need a followup update to be compatible, so be careful if you add things to Safari that might break later on. Be aware of whether or not they work with specific browser/operating system updates before applying those updates.
Of course you can always write the webmaster of the website in question threatening to stop doing business with them if they don't stop putting up popups and popunders.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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Hi,
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Regards
Ray Farmer
Regards
Ray Farmer

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