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Jan wrote:
> In article <4feda6e.0410092041.53c9f459@posting.google.com>, davids165
> @juno.com says...
>
>>Colin Wilson <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1bd23d1642e97c1798a8b3@news.individual.net>...
>>
>>>>Has anyone else noticed that you seem to get Dell Pop-Up ads when you visit
>>>>just about any site nowadays? Thats what i call pushy advertising !!!
>>>
>>>One of the Dell pages tries to install "MedaiPlex", which is deemed as
>>>spyware by Spybot S&D.
>>>
>>>www.dell.co.uk/tv will get you to one of their pages trying to force it
>>>down your throat, and the page will not load without it.
>>>
>>>Poor show Dell !
>>
>>I loaded this web page with firefox on a mandrake linux
>> with no problems displaying it and nothing tried to install
>>either.
>>Dave
>
> No pop up here either with Avant browser.
Same here with Mozilla 1.7. The site wanted to set a cookie, which I
denied, then the page loaded - no popups, etc.