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On-screen ads

(7 Posts)
MamaCaz Sat 13-May-17 10:13:08

I am used to receiving ads on my screen (tablet) relating to websites that i have visited, but today i am getting ads for mattresses. I haven't triggered these, but I know that DH has been researching them on his phone. Different devices, different users, so how come I am getting these?

grannylyn65 Sat 13-May-17 10:33:55

Download Ad Block , I never get any !!!

MamaCaz Sat 13-May-17 10:54:19

Good idea - though I'm still curious about why/how I'm getting the mattress ads :-)

grannylyn65 Sat 13-May-17 11:06:54

Rather that than viagra ?

MamaCaz Sat 13-May-17 11:17:35

Now that's another issue - as a post-menopausal Gran, i'm at a loss to understand why my junk email is smattered with ads for penis enhancements and sex with "hot Russian chicks"! Actually, perhaps the last one was caused by my innocently looking up the word 'bird' in an online dictionary blush

grannylyn65 Sat 13-May-17 11:27:22

Oh I get hundreds of those junkmails ?

mimiro Fri 16-Jun-17 15:43:06

ublock origin is even better than adblock and is smaller app.
uses less of computers memory