User Guide
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Blocking advertisements
Blocking Web bugs
Web bugs are small graphic files that can send messages to third parties, including
tracking your Internet browsing habits or transmitting personal information to an
external database. Third parties can then use this information to create user
profiles.
To prevent web bugs from being loaded within browsed web pages, select
Block
Web Bugs on this computer
.
Blocking advertisements
Advertisements are typically graphics served from a third party domain into a web
page or pop-up window. Privacy Service does not block ads that are served from
the same domain as the host web page.
Pop-ups are secondary browser windows presenting unwanted advertisements,
which automatically display when as you visit a web site. Privacy Service only
blocks those pop-ups that are automatically loaded when a web page loads.
Pop-ups initiated by clicking a link are not blocked by Privacy Service. To display
a blocked pop-up, hold down the CTRL key and refresh the web page.
Configure Privacy Service to block advertisements and pop-ups when you are
using the Internet.
1
Click
Options
, and then select
Block Ads
.
2
Select the appropriate option.
Block ads on this computer
—Blocks advertisements while you are using
the Internet.
Block Pop-Ups on this computer
—Blocks pop-ups while you are using the
Internet.
3
Click
Apply
, and then click
OK
in the confirmation dialog box.
To disable pop-up blocking, right-click the web page, point to
McAfee Pop-Up
Blocker
, and deselect
Enable Pop-up Blocker
.
