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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. 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 ...

4. 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.

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. 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 ...

7. Spybot – Search & Destroy - Wikipedia

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   Spybot – Search & Destroy ( S&D) is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows. Dating back to the first Adwares in 2000, Spybot scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software . Spybot-S&D was written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla, and is distributed by Kolla's Irish ...