Ad blocking extensions have become a go-to tool for internet users who are put off by obtrusive and irrelevant ads. However, these services can sometimes harm the online experience for things like banking and shopping.
We will show you both sides of these tools, so that…
A fake ad campaign serving a trojanized version of the AnyDesk program ranked higher in searches than the legitimate ads. The ads which appeared in the Google Search results came with a a fake version of the remote desktop app. Although this was a trojanized version, the…
You may want to block Facebook ads for so many reasons. Either because they are not relevant, annoying or promote places you are not interested in. But you wonder how you can do this effectively. Facebook has become the biggest network for connecting people. But it is also a…
The internet is a sea of ad trackers. Most of us have probably heard about them. Marketers use them on the web to collect information about our online activity and then sell it to advertisers. Although we might not know which sites use them, they’re still there. Find…
Signal tried to run a very honest ad campaign on Instagram, but Facebook decided to ban it, according to a blog post. The ads were showing users how much information they have been sharing with Facebook and Instagram through the platforms’ targeting tools.
The…
More and more users want to know how to block ads while browsing online for information. No one is happy when ads cover the content, right? Moreover, for more tech savvy users, ads are a source of potential threats regarding their personal data.
But how can anyone stop…
Anyone would like to disable ads when they become annoying! Most of the time they cover the interesting content or they just pop-up over a page. And we wonder why we should take these. Content producers say that they could not survive without these ads.
Still…
Advertisers might consider Facebook ads as a good solution for
their brand and products. And they use them especially when they
target people over 30. Still, even these people become annoyed at
some point and wonder how they could stop these ads from following
them.
In…
A fake ad blocking software lets attackers take over the power of computers in order to mine cryptocurrency. Analysts called this ransomining, which also encrypts data on the corrupted machines. Thus, attackers can then ask for a ransom.
Ad blocking – a pretext…
Google’s reasons to show ads all the time when we are online seems to be stronger than ever. Alphabet, Google parent company announced record revenues for the second quarter since the pandemic started. The amount is as large as $56.9bn, out of which $46bn came from its…
