This quote below should answer your question, the OP is getting more pop-ups and is looking for an 'alternative option.
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but Ive seen a change in the amount appearing recently..
As far as I know, development of anti-popup technology has matured so they are all (whether it is the built in ones or toolbars etc) basically at the same level regardless of what you use.
More popup appearing could be due to
1) Adware on computer
2) Certain sites trying to bypass popup blockers using specific technology
(2) is fairly unlikely and is not widespread, but even if (2) , I doubt switching popup blockers will help since they are specifically designed to bypass conventional popup blockers (which is basically all of them).
Certain new style "popups" bypass conventional popup blockers using css/java.
Turning off java and javascript will block them.
Can the OP give an example of one of those unblockable popups?