Cybersecurity researchers have discovered several malicious Google Chrome extensions that hijack Amazon affiliate links, ...

A Chrome extension posing as an Amazon ad blocker was caught hijacking affiliate links in the background, redirecting ...

The 2026 Editors' Choice Ad Blockers Awards were created to help consumers identify solutions that balance effective ad and tracker blocking with transparency, usability, and strong privacy ...

The best ad blockers make using the internet more tolerable and more secure. They work by automatically removing intrusive ads in your web browser – and sometimes other notifications like cookie ...

NEW YORK — Internet users who install ad-blocking software to escape annoying advertisements may actually be seeing more problematic content than people who browse without any protection at all.

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Annoying ads on websites that just get in the way of what you are trying to read are some of the biggest nuisances of the internet, especially when it comes to inappropriate advertisements. You do not ...

Google is reportedly using YouTube errors, preventing video playback, to get users to disable ad blockers in their browsers.

A Chrome extension posing as an Amazon ad blocker was caught hijacking affiliate links in the background, redirecting commissions without user consent.

Data shows Google’s attempts to force people to watch YouTube ads are having an effect on user behavior. 22% of users surveyed said the crackdown is more likely to make them use an ad-blocker. 16% of ...

The free ride is over—Google confirms that its limited adoption of anti-ad block features on YouTube is going global. From now on, anyone attempting to use an ad ...