Strangely enough, yes, and I can't believe i didn't check that first of all things. The pop-ups do not appear but I browsed for a few moments and it attempted to download something from 'fastclick' one of the ad-sources I've been seeing in chrome. Other than that no. No pop-ups and no in browser ads. Maybe there was an add-on installed on another user? Or would the adware scans lock down on that?
I mean I have completely uninstalled Google chrome previously so I doubt that is the case, but I'm just thinking out loud I guess.
P.S. the pop-ups are taunting me now with 'computer help' ads... If I didn't know better I would have clicked on it.
Edit: I've notcied that the ads are loading secondarily to the page. IE the page loads and then the ads occupy the space.