I don't block ads or set up adblockers for customers and family members because I object to ads. I do it because it significantly cuts down on the number of pot

I don't block ads or set up adblockers for customers and family members because I object to ads. I do it because it significantly cuts down on the number of potential attacks on systems. Between malicious code ending up on ad networks and ads that take people to malicious sites, it only makes sense to block connections to things that are not actually needed for the display of pages. Most people who get a take-over-the-screen "We are Mikrosoft and have discovred that your computer infected call us helpful people at Mikrosoft and we will fix your comptuer" messages aren't getting it because they're visiting dodgy sites or even ones that have been hacked - they're getting them because either someone got that into an ad network or because they clicked on an ad that turned out to route them to one of those. I can't babysit everyone and really don't want to, but I can at least cut down on some of the crap that hits their computers.