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What
Are Pop Up Ads
Pop-up ads generally come in
two varieties. The first is the more benign that is triggered by visiting
a web page. The second is much more malicious and is caused by an adware
program that somehow was installed on your computer.
pop-up ads are generally advertisements
placed by a web site owner either to promote something on their site,
such as a newsletter sign up for, or to promote an affiliate program.
While they can be annoying, surfers have to appreciate the fact that people
have to support the web site financially.
To prevent pop-ups triggered
by a web site itself, you can install pop-up blocker. The Google toolbar
was the first mainstream toolbar to offer a pop-up blocker. Since then
Yahoo has followed suit. And Windows XP service pack 2 also has a pop-up
blocker installed.
If
the pop-ups are triggered by spy ware or ad ware out your computer, you
will need to use a spy ware removal tool to get rid of the root cause,
the spy ware itself. Regular pop-up blockers, such as the one that comes
with the search engine toolbars, are not point to help. You can read our
article to get names of the most popular spyware
removal tools.
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