First of all, lavasoft is a great program, but it gets rid of spyware. I'm not aware that it does anything about popups.
My personal way of getting rid of them in IE is going to Tools, Internet Options, Security Tab, Custom Level, and then click "disable" on the Active Scripting option (near the bottom).
For sites that absolutely must have javascript (Hotmail being one), you can add the site to your "Trusted Sites".
Similar method to above: go to Tools, Internet Options, Security Tab, then click the Trusted Sites icon (green with a checkmark), then the button that says "Sites..." and type "hotmail.com". You might also have to add "msn.com" because they move you around in hotmail.
Sorry if that was confusing....
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