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    A new study has found that pop-up ads only account for a tiny percentage of online advertisements, but their use is likely to increase.

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    Some online publishers are taking pins to pop-up advertisements, but Web surfers won't likely notice a decline in the annoying marketing ploy anytime soon.

  • Dodging pop-ups with Mozilla

    Mozilla 1.0, the open-source technology behind the latest Netscape browser, is garnering favour for helping to block irksome pop-up advertisements. But don't expect to see that feature in the coming full release of Netscape 7.0.

  • Tricks of the pop-up windows trade

    If you regularly surf the Web, you've probably been trapped in multiplying pop-up windows. Nothing is more annoying than having browser after browser open, taking you to sites that you did not intend to visit. So, how do developers do it?

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    Windows Defender for Vista has failed miserably when it comes to protecting users of Microsoft's latest operating system from a very basic attack.

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    A DoubleClick executive landed in hot soup recently after suggesting browser makers should toe the line when it came to online advertising.

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    Despite reductions in the number of computers infected by spyware applications, the troublesome software has created a billion-dollar industry that continues to plague both consumers and businesses, researchers said on Tuesday.

  • Framed for child porn - by a PC virus

    Of all the sinister things that internet viruses do, this might be the worst: they can make people an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.

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    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

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    Fed up with pop-up ads? We review six ad-free browser apps, each with its own method of removing annoying solicitations.

  • Browsers without borders?

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  • New IE may burst pop-up bubble

    Pop-up advertisements have thrived for years despite numerous efforts to eradicate them, but now online marketers are seriously wondering whether the Web's most detested ad format is about to meet its match: Microsoft.

  • New Netscape punctures pop-up ads

    AOL Time Warner has released a version of its Netscape browser that lets Web surfers suppress pop-up ads, a further sign of declining fortunes for a widely hated marketing format.

  • First Take: Norton AntiVirus 2004

    Norton AntiVirus 2004 now includes tools to combat nonvirus threats such as adware and spyware.

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