The Linux Box: Blocking Adverts and Malware

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 17, 2005

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“While browsing the Internet the quality of the service you
receive may be degraded by various factors such as adverts &
maleware most of these undesirable elements are simply annoying,
and to dial-up users in particular are costly, but some may be
serious security threats.

“Many commercial web sites sell advertising space. The
unobtrusive adverts are small text-based adverts that neither
interrupt the flow of the site nor masquerade as anything other
than an advert…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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