A Chrome extension posing as an Amazon ad blocker was caught hijacking affiliate links in the background, redirecting ...

Inevitably, whenever there is a discussion on the internet about how YouTube (or any other website) is choked with ads, someone will say, "Just use an ad blocker." The name seems to say it all. An ad ...

I block ads (despite the hypocrisy) and you probably do too if you’re tech-literate enough to read PCWorld on the regular. So maybe you’re familiar with the minor drama between Google Chrome and the ...

In the age of the internet, pop-up ads are seemingly everywhere. No doubt they’re useful to the companies displaying them – they enhance visibility and can generate leads and revenue. But for the user ...

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