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2. Inappropriate advertising on AOL

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   The third suggestion is optional, and is intended only to help supply meaningful malware-related information to AOL Information Security. 1. Scan your computer for viruses and malware. 2. Run the Microsoft Update Utility. 3. Perform an optional AOL Security Check. Scan your computer for viruses and malware. Note: Please check to see that your ...

3. Restore your browser to default settings - AOL Help

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   Restoring your browser's default settings will also reset your browser's security settings. A reset may delete other saved info like bookmarks, stored passwords, and your homepage. Confirm what info your browser will eliminate before resetting and make sure to save any info you don't want to lose. • Restore your browser's default settings in ...

4. Turn pop-ups off or on in your browser - AOL Help

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   If you click on links in a legitimate email and get a notice that link can't be opened, you will need to either temporarily turn off your pop-up blocker, or add AOL Mail to the list of sites you allow pop-ups from. While Internet Explorer may still work with some AOL products, it's no longer supported by Microsoft and can't be updated.

5. Adware - Wikipedia

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   The term adware is frequently used to describe a form of malware (malicious software) [23][24] which presents unwanted advertisements to the user of a computer. [25][26] The advertisements produced by adware are sometimes in the form of a pop-up, sometimes in an "unclosable window", and sometimes injected into web pages. [27][28] When the term ...

6. OpenCandy - Wikipedia

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   OpenCandy was an adware module and a potentially unwanted program classified as malware by many anti-virus vendors. [1][2][3][4] They flagged OpenCandy due to its undesirable side-effects. [5][6] It was designed to run during installation of other desired software. Produced by SweetLabs, it consisted of a Microsoft Windows library incorporated ...

7. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

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   Most hijacking programs constantly change the settings of browsers, meaning that user choices in their own browser are overwritten. Some antivirus software identifies browser hijacking software as malicious software and can remove it. Some spyware scanning programs have a browser restore function to set the user's browser settings back to ...