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rid yourself of targeted advertising on the net
kaya
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in Techie Stuff
somebody passsed me this link, it removes targeted advertising from your pc, i was getting spammed on youtube and hotmail, everytime i searched for an item on the web ads for it would magicly appear for the next few months onall sorts of random programmes , this tells you how many companies are targeting you and allows you to block them, i had 43 companies targeting me out of the 71 listed!!!!
http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
straightforward, follow the instructions, no sign up, sign in or registration required
http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
straightforward, follow the instructions, no sign up, sign in or registration required
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*Seven out of 71 for my Palemoon profile
Six out of 71 for my Firefox profile
Eleven out of 71 for my portable Opera.
45 out of 71 for Internet Explorer!
opted out for all, cheers OP.0 -
cleared 47 from my Chrome, still have to check my FF and Opera portable.
Thanks for this Kaya!0
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