# Is there any recourse for fiendishly obnoxious pop-up ads?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 29, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-recourse-for-fiendishly-obnoxious-pop-up-ads/955124 "2021-11-29T10:05:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjakucyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jjakucyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjakucyk)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-recourse-for-fiendishly-obnoxious-pop-up-ads/955124/4 "2021-11-29T14:05:44Z")

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That also sounds like you could have a malware/adware infection. Check that your antivirus is working, and/or download MalwareBytes and run that (no affiliation, I’ve just used it a lot and found it useful).

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