I'm currently using a laptop with Windows 8.1. I've been an Ubuntu user since 2005/2006, only rfeason I'm using Windows now is I plan to make this laptop a dual-boot and guides I've seen want tme to get a 32GB USB stick which I don't have...
Anyway, I'm using Chrome. And sometimes I get unwanted tabs opening telling me I can win prizes in competitions I haven't even heard of. Here's an example:
http://linksdynamics.com/lp/tlp7/ind...s=214279673945
The date shown on the site is todays date, but I've had the exact same page before but with that previous time's date.
and another one:
http://dcrewards.com-cs.net/us/index...rums.org&c2=rp
When using Ubuntu I use Chromium (I think) and I don't get any of this nonsense. Can I have Chromium instead of Chrome on my Windows 8.1 laptop? Would that stop these unsolicited web pages? Are these unwanted pages a symptom of an awful malware problem that my free AVG isn't curing?
I've posted this in the ubuntuforums.org rather than a Windows site because I don't use Windows usually (except for now, Grrr), I'm a long-term Ubuntu user, can someone please help me?
Thanks.
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