# Root Cause of Out-of-Control, Pop-Up Porn?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-cause-of-out-of-control-pop-up-porn/174989>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-cause-of-out-of-control-pop-up-porn/174989 "2003-05-13T16:47:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-cause-of-out-of-control-pop-up-porn/174989/21 "2003-12-13T00:16:00Z")

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I really reccomend you switch your browser from IE to Mozilla/Firebird or Opera; in my experience spyware has a much harder time automatically installing itself with those browsers than with IE - I switched my family members to Firebird after having to deal with massive amounts of spyware on their machines, now they get almost no spyware.

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**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-cause-of-out-of-control-pop-up-porn/174989/22 "2003-12-13T00:42:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by herman\_and\_bill \*  
> \*\*I found the best way to stop it is to stop going to the porn sites in the first place. \*\*

porno-pops can be generated by some spyware without ever going to a porn site.

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