Surfers vent displeasure over Internet ‘pop-ups'
By Maya Salleh

Concerned Internet users have lamented to the Bulletin that they have been experiencing "annoyances" while they tried to surf online in the form of "pop-up" windows. What irked these users is that the "pop-up" windows seemed to originate from a website called www.ihatepops.com.

The "pop-up" windows have appeared up to 37 windows at a time and users have found difficulty in trying to close the windows while concentrating on their intended website. The users initially thought that the high incidence of such windows might have been triggered by some sort of computer virus. Moreover, they experienced slow Internet connection speed due to the "pop-up" windows. At times their computers even "froze", forcing users to re-boot their computers in order to exit the Internet.

However when the BruNet depar-tment was contacted they assured that the high incidence of "pop-up" windows was not caused by any virus, but by users visiting sites that are affiliated with the mentioned site.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin