A San Diego company created by two college students agreed to stop bombarding computer users with Internet pop-up ads to advertise its ad-blocking software, the Federal Trade Commission said Friday.

(WJAR) — Many of us know about the dangers of clicking on pop-up ads. However, many people are still getting scammed by them. Bentley University professor and creator of scamicide.com Steve Weisman ...

E-commerce businesses have found "pop-up" ads are even more effective than banner ads or spam because they can be sent to every Internet user, spontaneously appearing on a personal computer screen ...

You may reason that adverts are a necessary evil of living in the 21st century. Whether it be banners while browsing the internet, promos baked into operating systems, or pop-up ads appearing on just ...