I don't think I get your problem now? Where do the hrefs get displayed? On window status bar. no problem. make an onmouseover event for A tag and set it as:
<A HREF="javascript:window.open(...);" onMouseOver="window.status='real link name';">
but you could also make it like this:
<A HREF="real_page.aspx" onClick="javascript: window.open(...); window.event.returnValue=false;">
this way the real link gets displayed in the status bar, but you handle clicks with the OnClick mouse event...
If you display link information in any other place, just let me know.