1USA does not allow pop-up ads of any kind on our site. We find them annoying.
So why do they occasionally appear when you are surfing? Here are a few possible explanations:
You may have encountered a squatter with an address similar to 1USA. Occasionally, individuals will register domain names that are one letter off from a well-known URL in hopes of attracting those who make mistakes in their typing. Please be sure to enter http://www.1usa.com/ into your browser and the pop-ups may go away.
Another possibility is that you visited a site while surfing, and that site launched pop-up windows in the background. These ads are known in the advertising industry as "pop-unders." When you came to 1USA, the windows may have become visible. Again, we do not condone this practice and do not allow it on 1USA.
If you have installed some free programs, especially music-sharing programs such as BearShare or AudioGalaxy, you may have installed other programs as well. These tiny "time bombs" can show pop-ups at random intervals or based on anything you type on a web page. A brief description of these programs can be found in these articles: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-257592.html and http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,49960,00.html.
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If you are experiencing pop-ups generated by one of these malicious programs, you may want to remove the pop-up program from your computer. One program that attempts to detect and to uninstall pop-up programs is available at http://members.1usa.com in the File Download area. |
Additional Info:
If you feel you were deceived when you installed a software program that creates pop-ups, you may want to take action. The
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) handles complaints about deceptive or unfair business practices. To file a complaint, visit: http://www.ftc.gov/ and click on "File a Complaint
Online", call 1-877-FTC-HELP, or write to:
Federal Trade Commission
CRC-240
Washington, D.C. 20580
If your complaint is against a company in another country, please file it at http://www.econsumer.gov/.
We wish you luck in your quest to quell pop-ups. If you'd like more information on the advertising we do accept on 1USA, you'll find it by visiting this page: http://www.1usa.com/adv/.