How do I get rid of all these ads that pop up continually, they are getting so irritating!?

[DIANE]

About a week ago, I started getting these blinking, distracting ads & they are everywhere..even when I am trying to read Facebook! Sometimes they even are one where I am trying to read or reply & I have to scroll down. I click on the ad info on the bottom, & it say's it is called Ad Choice Media, or something like that & that I have to find where it came from & delete it.

[echinopsis .]

Download and install the latest Firefox browser:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Install "adblock plus":
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNvb2SjVjjI

Result: no more annoying ads! And pages are loading much quicker too...:-)

http://adblock-plus.en.softonic.com/android - adblock plus for Android
http://adblock-plus.en.softonic.com/ - adblock plus for Chrome
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/261...ri-adblock - for Safari Mac
http://opindian.com/blog/2009/02/25/adbl...s-and-mac/ - solution for Safari 4 Win and Mac.

I for one have the Firefox installed and don't see a single ad, no pop-up, no fly-in and no commercial videos on the Yahoo pages and on most other web sites...:-)

[Bob]

The reported issue could potentially be related to a virus or spyware that has infected your computer.

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