> Has anyone on the Windows platform notice that more adware
> programs and pop-ups asking you to download toolbars has
> reached a high? Just yesterday, my friend had to remove
> Medload/Mediamotor, Axela, and funwebproducts.
>
> I mean, this doesn't have a lot to do with Radio-Info, but
> hasn't adware programs become more risky?
>
Spongebag! You're awesome! What a great question! Yes, I too have noticed that and I thought it was just me and my computer!! It is (with my own personal experience) a rather recent phenomenon that I have to say is getting really annoying! I mean, BIG-TIME ANNOYING!! What is up with that, anyway? Is Bill Gates the Devil in disguise or something?? In the past, I have never really had any bones to pick with "all-things-Windows", but lately I've been seriously disappointed with the frequency of pop up crap that seems to be coming at me from out of nowhere. I realize that someone on this board will tell me to just do "a, b, and c" and my troubles will be gone.......but nevertheless, I am still disappointed with what has become of Windows.
Specifically, every time I click on a page at some site, I get this bothersome notice telling me that (and I'm paraphrasing here) "Careful! The page you want to see may be something you don't want to see! Do you wish to allow this pop up to come up on your screen?" And the fact is, that I could be viewing the National Weather Service web page, and I'll click on the weather page for my local area.....and this damn notice will appear about "pop ups" and do I want to continue, blah! blah! blah! And then I have to click yes to allow "pop ups" to appear on my screen from this particular site! But the page I want to see technically isn't a "pop up"!! Geez! And then, yes, like you said, there are other times when I get hit with all of this annoying ad stuff. Click here, click there. Yada, yada, yada!!