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Advertiser Overload? Here's How to Get Rid of Those Pesky Pop-Up Web Ads - The TODAY Show

May 7, 2015

Advertiser Overload? Here's How to Get Rid of Those Pesky Pop-Up Web Ads - The TODAY Show

The TODAY Show, by Keith Wagstaff

In the '90s, it seemed like you couldn't visit a website without getting adware, those programs that bombard you with unwanted ads. Well, according to a new study from Google, U.C. Berkeley and other research institutions, adware is still going strong.

It found that 5.5 percent of IP addresses that visited Google sites were infected with some kind of adware. That comes out to more than 5.3 million IP addresses, which means tens of millions of people have to deal with these ad injectors. Read more.

Advertiser Overload? Here's How to Get Rid of Those Pesky Pop-Up Web Ads - The TODAY Show

Advertiser Overload? Here's How to Get Rid of Those Pesky Pop-Up Web Ads - The TODAY Show
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