PC problem

Adblock plus.

Sounds more like a malware infected PC.

Tim

Though that is now being criticised for offering to white list some ads based on various criteria plus a fee. Have not followed the story so maybe it is not quite how it initially looked.

What I see all the time is the relatively subtle level of malware such as Ask and other toolbars. They will typically uninstall reasonably well so it's maybe not fair to classify them along with overt malware. But they can cause havoc, confusion, performance issues, ...

That is the essence of it. companies can be white listed by default for certain types of ads if they pay a fee to Adblocks owners.

Some view this as a form of extortion thoguh (pay us or else....)

I don't know about the criteria for whitelisting, but the whitelisted ads are switchable-off easily.

I can actually see the point. A lot of sites use advertising to pay for their hosting. If nobody saw adverts, then advertisers wouldn't pay. How, then, would the sites pay their way? Paywalls?

Machine compromised by adware or one sort or another, and no doubt a bunch of useless browser add ins and tool bars.

Grab a copy of Malwarebytes Antimalware, install, update and let it do a scan. That will probably fix it.

Yup, I try to be circumspect in my usage of Adblock as I do appreciate the sites that rely on advertising.

However I'm rather dubious of the latest practice of Adlock of charging companies to be allowed to show adverts

Also from the same people

Also malwarebytes and often a complete wiping of Firefox and a re install.

However the ad blockers are being seen by sites and some refuse to let you in unless you switch them off. I forsee a war!

Brian