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 ...

Like many Internet fads, this one arrived as an instant message. "Check out psychoexgirlfriend.com," said the note from a fellow columnist. When I typed the Web address into my browser last week, I ...

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