https://www.mywot.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=BenSparowWOT Wiki - User contributions [en]2026-05-03T02:06:43ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.1https://www.mywot.com/wiki/index.php?title=Advertisements&diff=651Advertisements2010-02-24T18:09:35Z<p>BenSparow: </p>
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<div>==What is an advertisement?==<br />
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An advertisement is a form of communication to help sell or distribute a certain product for profit (to inform, to persuade and to remind).<br />
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==Which are good and which are bad?==<br />
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Text advertisements (usually seen on Google), and most image/video (banner) advertisements are mostly safe, however not entirely. Some of these include: unknown websites full of advertisement(s), pop-up/pop-under, and win a free product advertisement.<br />
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==Are advertisements bad?==<br />
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Advertisements have been used with different techniques that can seem potentially unwanted towards Internet users. Some techniques used are:<br />
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* Banners<br />
* Promotions<br />
* False advertising<br />
* Drive-by-download<br />
* Propaganda<br />
* Redirections<br />
* Pop-ups<br />
* Pop-unders<br />
* Subliminal messages<br />
* Pre-installation<br />
* Optional Third-party inclusion in Installation<br />
* Nagware<br />
* Adware<br />
* Scareware<br />
* Mail and spam<br />
* [http://www.research-service.com research paper]<br />
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Some of these strategies can be seen as unwanted or malicious, such as adware or pop-ups.<br />
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====Some risks can lead to:====<br />
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* Frauds, scam and phishing<br />
* Installing adware, spyware or other potentially unwanted programs<br />
* Spam<br />
* Hijacked computer or browser<br />
* Slower page loading<br />
* Identity theft<br />
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==How can protect myself from these advertisements?==<br />
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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.<br />
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Pop-up blockers are found in all modern web browsers including Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 2+, Chrome 2+, and others.<br />
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Not going to shady websites (those with a poor rating, poor surfing habits, etc).</div>BenSparow