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Another form of ads is through pop-up windows. Those are hated more than Uwe Boll. They not only are intrusive, waste memory and occupy task bar space (depending on your operating system UI and/or internet browser), but some have the gall to disguise themselves as alerts from your system. |
Another form of ads is through pop-up windows. Those are hated more than Uwe Boll. They not only are intrusive, waste memory and occupy task bar space (depending on your operating system UI and/or internet browser), but some have the gall to disguise themselves as alerts from your system. |
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Some ads take it to the extreme of being outright evil and using a security hole to install malware on your system. If you're using an operating system other than Windows, you can tell them because they're asking you to download a Windows executable (though, honestly, even if you're using Windows, programs generally don't install themselves, and if they do, you usually at least know about it beforehand.) |
Some ads take it to the extreme of being outright evil and using a security hole to install malware on your system. If you're using an operating system other than Windows, you can tell them because they're asking you to download a Windows executable. <!-- (though, honestly, even if you're using Windows, programs generally don't install themselves, and if they do, you usually at least know about it beforehand.) MOD: this is out of date and dangerously incorrect! --> This is why adblockers are sometimes considered to be part of a computer's anti-virus suite. |
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Another form is the in-page pop-up, or lightbox. These are far more annoying, as they take over the entire webpage until you can close them, a more difficult task than strictly necessary since they don't use your operating system's standard GUI. |
Another form is the in-page pop-up, or lightbox. These are far more annoying, as they take over the entire webpage until you can close them, a more difficult task than strictly necessary since they don't use your operating system's standard GUI. |
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