I keep getting these annoying “pop-ups” and “pop-unders” that appear when I access certain websites. Is there a way of quickly getting rid of these?
Pop-up ads are a marketing technique used by some online advertisers. When a surfer accesses certain websites, a small pop-up window–or sometimes a pop-under window–appears. (Pop-under windows are windows that appear underneath the web page window the user has requested. Many times the user may not even know it is there until he or she is getting ready to close his or her Web surfing session.) Research has shown that most Internet users consider this form of marketing an annoyance. However, this marketing method must be somewhat effective as online advertisers continue to utilize it. So how do you prevent these pop-ups? There a lot of freeware programs available on the Web that will automatically block pop-up ads. To find a pop-up blocking program, do a Web search for “pop up blocker” and pick and choose from the results. One site you can search and find many different pop-up blocking programs is http://www.download.com. A good pop-up blocker that also has other handy functions is the
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