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Old December 13th 17, 01:28 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
SC Tom[_3_]
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Default Bing and Yahoo intrusive ads



"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
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My wife uses Windows 8.1. She says she is constantly getting pop-ups
telling her to update Bing or Yahoo and make it her default search
engine. She says these pop-ups are impossible to shut down. She would
very much like to stop them from appearing, and I'm at a loss what to
tell her.


One thing you can do is install an add-on to Firefox to help block the ads
and other "goodies." I like u-Block Origin:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#ublock-origin

It's simple, takes little in the way of resources, and seems to do a good
job. You can install it through "add-ons" in the Firefox menu (or just press
CTRL+SHFT+A), and click on "Get Add-ons."
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SC Tom


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