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<blockquote data-quote="shmu26" data-source="post: 749663" data-attributes="member: 37647"><p>So you downloaded and installed a free giveaway?</p><p>Did you get any prompts from BD or Voodoo, when you installed? If you got prompts, but you clicked through them, that is why. Also, you can often avoid installing the PUPs by selecting custom install, and paying very careful attention to every stage of installation. They try to trick you into installing extra stuff, without you realizing it.</p><p>It sounds like you got adware, if it is popping up. It is very common for giveaway software to be bundled with PUPs. Probably nothing serious enough for your browser extensions to block the site.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shmu26, post: 749663, member: 37647"] So you downloaded and installed a free giveaway? Did you get any prompts from BD or Voodoo, when you installed? If you got prompts, but you clicked through them, that is why. Also, you can often avoid installing the PUPs by selecting custom install, and paying very careful attention to every stage of installation. They try to trick you into installing extra stuff, without you realizing it. It sounds like you got adware, if it is popping up. It is very common for giveaway software to be bundled with PUPs. Probably nothing serious enough for your browser extensions to block the site. [/QUOTE]
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