Pop-up Ads Are Not All That Innocent

As strange as it sounds, I kind of liked the pop-up ads which began appearing on my new computer.  They were often for products I was curious about, so I clicked on many of them.  Soon my computer began slowing down, pages were freezing, and there were so many ads that surfing became a chore.  I did some research and found that those advertisements were not so innocent and could be gathering my personal information in addition to bogging down my laptop.  I wasted no time in finding good spyware removal software and running it.  These days I am a lot more careful about where I click.