# I pit stupid pop-up adds that masquerade as Windows system alerts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-stupid-pop-up-adds-that-masquerade-as-windows-system-alerts/283551>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 7, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-stupid-pop-up-adds-that-masquerade-as-windows-system-alerts/283551 "2005-01-07T12:58:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-stupid-pop-up-adds-that-masquerade-as-windows-system-alerts/283551/21 "2005-01-08T05:50:52Z")

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> [@RandomLetters](#):
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> Another vote for switching to Firefox. I have been using Firefox since they called it Phoenix, and I haven’t seen a pop-up I didn’t want at all.

Yeah, I never did figure out how to get rid of those evil things. I disabled the service using the route others suggested but they KEPT COMING!!! I switched to firefox and I haven’t seen them since and I can finally sleep at night.

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