What Are Pop Ups, Popup Windows, and Pop Up Blockers?

July 28, 2009

in Internet,privacy & security

by David Hakala

You go to a Web site and start reading it. But immediately, another browser window opens and displays something you probably didn’t want to see, hiding what you came to see. That second window is a pop up window, also called a popup or pop-up.
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