Microsoft to Block Pop-ups?
Posted on November 24, 2003
CNET has reported that Microsoft may have plans to block pop-up advertisements in a future upgrade to the Internet Explorer browser. With the huge popularity of Explorer a move like that by Microsoft could effectively end pop-up advertising, which has been much abused by adware (spyware) companies. However, these same spyware companies might try to develop new tactics for getting around Microsoft's anti pop-up technology.
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