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An advertisement is a form of communication to help sell or distribute a certain product for profit. | An advertisement is a form of communication to help sell or distribute a certain product for profit. | ||
| + | ==Which are good and which are bad?== | ||
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| + | Text advertisements (usually seen on google), and most image/video (banner)advertisements are 100% safe. Unfortunately not all of them are. Some of these include: unknown websites full of advertisement(s), popup/popunder, and win a free product advertisement. | ||
==Are advertisements bad?== | ==Are advertisements bad?== | ||
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* Redirections | * Redirections | ||
* Pop-ups | * Pop-ups | ||
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* Nagware | * Nagware | ||
* Adware | * Adware | ||
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* Hijacked computer or browser | * Hijacked computer or browser | ||
* Slower page loading | * Slower page loading | ||
| + | * Identity theft | ||
| − | ==How can | + | ==How can protect myself from these advertisements?== |
Enabling your pop-up blocker can block most of these annoying pop-up advertisements, enabling phishing protection can secure yourself from fraud, downloading an ad-blocking program can get rid of these advertisements. | Enabling your pop-up blocker can block most of these annoying pop-up advertisements, enabling phishing protection can secure yourself from fraud, downloading an ad-blocking program can get rid of these advertisements. | ||
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| + | Pop-up blockers are found in all modern web browsers including Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 2+, Chrome 2+, and others. | ||
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| + | Not going to shady websites (those with a poor rating, poor surfing habits, etc). | ||
Revision as of 05:11, 23 September 2009
Contents
What is an advertisement?
An advertisement is a form of communication to help sell or distribute a certain product for profit.
Which are good and which are bad?
Text advertisements (usually seen on google), and most image/video (banner)advertisements are 100% safe. Unfortunately not all of them are. Some of these include: unknown websites full of advertisement(s), popup/popunder, and win a free product advertisement.
Are advertisements bad?
Advertisements have been used with different techniques that can seem potentially unwanted towards Internet users. Some techniques used are:
- Banners
- Promotions
- False advertising
- Drive-by-download
- Propaganda
- Redirections
- Pop-ups
- Pop-unders
- Nagware
- Adware
- Scareware
- Mail and spam
Some of these strategies can be seen as unwanted or malicious, such as adware or pop-ups.
Some risks can lead to:
- Frauds, scam and phishing
- Installing adware, spyware or other potentially unwanted programs
- Spam
- Hijacked computer or browser
- Slower page loading
- Identity theft
How can protect myself from these advertisements?
Enabling your pop-up blocker can block most of these annoying pop-up advertisements, enabling phishing protection can secure yourself from fraud, downloading an ad-blocking program can get rid of these advertisements.
Pop-up blockers are found in all modern web browsers including Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 2+, Chrome 2+, and others.
Not going to shady websites (those with a poor rating, poor surfing habits, etc).
