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2. Criticism of Yahoo! - Wikipedia

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   Adware and spyware. Yahoo! has also been criticized for funding spyware and adware—advertising from Yahoo!'s clients often appears on-screen in pop-ups generated from adware that a user may have installed on their computer without realizing it by accepting online offers to download software to fix computer clocks or improve computer security ...

3. Inappropriate advertising on AOL - AOL Help

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   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 McAfee software is updated by following the instructions given in our help article Using McAfee: Features Follow the instructions in that ...

4. Adware - Wikipedia

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   Adware, often called advertising-supported software by its developers, is software that generates revenue for its developer by automatically generating online advertisements in the user interface of the software or on a screen presented to the user during the installation process. The software may generate two types of revenue: one is for the ...

5. Fix problems with AOL websites due to ad blocking software

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   • Unblock yahoo.com in any antivirus software, which may have built-in ad blocker. • Disable ad blocker on the home Internet router. Refer to the manufacturer's instruction manual. • Check all the icons in the browser navigation bar for a possible ad blocker, and disable/remove them.

6. Restore your browser to default settings - AOL Help

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   This can remove adware, get rid of extensions you didn't install, and improve overall performance. 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.

7. Malvertising - Wikipedia

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   Malvertising (a portmanteau of "malicious software (malware) advertising") is the use of online advertising to spread malware. [1] It typically involves injecting malicious or malware-laden advertisements into legitimate online advertising networks and webpages. [2] Because advertising content can be inserted into high-profile and reputable ...