Adware
Posted on December 12th, 2006 by webmaster
Adware is software which contains advertisements or other marketing materials, and are included with or automatically displayed during its use. The developers justify adware by saying that it helps recover development costs and holds down the cost for the user.
This name has been used by spyware developers to disguise the fact that the ads are selected by using user information captured seruptiously, usually without the user’s knowledge.
I downloaded some software that is supposed to let me watch t.v. online called Zango. However I’ve been unable to use this software to watch anything and the pop up ads are really becoming a problem. I tried to delete the program from my C: drive but it won’t let me. It keeps saying it’s in use when it’s not. I can’t even delete the short cut for it on my tool bar.
Did you try this method?
http://corporate.zango.com/support/faqs.aspx#a9
There may also be a program called Media Gateway, remove it as well