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Dealing with Pop-Up Ads and Spyware

January 20th, 2009 admin No comments

computermdbismarck.com – Pop-up ads are those irritating ads and messages that pop up on your screen whenever you’re online. There are three major causes of pop-up ads:

  • Web sites that display some extra ads each time you request to view a specific page.
  • Messenger Service ads that sneak in through the Windows Alerter service (originally designed to allow network administrators to contact users within a corporate network).
  • “Free” software you download and install, not realizing that those programs earn revenues by displaying pop-up ads on you screen.

Dealing with the first two types of ads is relatively easy. You can use a simple pop-up blocker like the Google toolbar to block those ads.

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