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Online safety links A - Z
Cell (mobile) phone safety
Safety for mobile phones, regardless of whether they have Internet capability or not.
Chat rooms
Staying safe when chatting online, including information about IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Downloading music safety
What the law says and how to disable P2P technology on your computer.
E-mail safety
How to deal with and protect yourself and your computer against spam, phishing, spoofing, scams and chain letters.
Hacking
What is hacking and what do you do when your computer has been hacked?
Identity theft
How safe is your personal data?
Instant messaging safety
How to get the best from your Instant messenger and chat safely
Online dating
How to have fun but be aware fo the dangers and stay safe.
Online discussion safety
Safety tips for using forums, bulletin boards and newsgroups.
Online gaming safety
Online shopping and auctions
Advice on safe online financial transactions.
Phishing
What phishing is and how to recognize a phishing attempt.
Pop-ups
What they are and what you can do about them
Scams and fraud
How to recognize online scams, fraud, hoaxes, rumors and urban legends and what you can do about them
Spam
What the law says, deal with and protect your computer against spyware.
Spoofing
What spoofing is and how to recognize a spoofed e-mail.
Spyware (Adware and Malware)
How to detect, deal with and protect your computer against spyware.
Text messaging (SMS) safety
All about sending text messages and how to understand text lingo.
Viruses
How to detect, deal with and protect your computer against viruses.
Web site safety
How to build a safer Web page or Web site.
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Pop-ups
What are pop-ups?
Explanation :: Detection :: Solution :: Prevention
Pop-ups are small windows that appear in front of your browser window. Some pop-ups appear beneath your browser window (pop-unders) and unless you spot them in your toolbar, you may not realize they are there until you close the browser window you are using.
How do they get there?
Pop-ups appear when certain links are triggered (either by clicking, pressing a key or mouse over functions), they can also be set to appear when a page loads in your browser, when you exit a page and multiple pop-ups can bet triggered - common on pornography Web sites.
Their practical purpose is intended to carry useful information about the Web site you are visiting, however, the concept (like so many things) has been entirely abused and pop-ups generally carry advertising or pornography. Most Internet users find them annoying and many Webmasters are phasing them out. As more people are using pop-up blockers, the information the pop-up windows carry is not being viewed. There are also accessibility issues - opening a link in a new browser window, for instance, not only registers as a pop-up in most pop-up blockers but also breaks the browsers back link and creates many issues for Internet users with disabilities.
Then there are the security aspects. Pop ups are very often triggered by cookies or spyware already resident on machines.
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