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Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 days agoAdds in the 90’s and 00’s would just layer toolbars onto your browser. Is still have a a nervous twitch when I see a thick toolbars or animated cursors.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The toolbars came from scam software on the '90s. Ads being able to install things came well into the '00s.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
yeah, there was quite a long time where useful software was bundled with toolbars or, the worse option, malware that hijacked your browser, which was a pain in the ass to remove. I was the techie in the family, and i got pretty good with tools like hijackthis and knowing by heart what services and background programs should start on a standard win98 or xp installation. (in this time i also was THE guy to ask at my job when issues with 56k modems came up, diagnosing a lot of issues by listening to the dial-up tones)